Russ, thanks for the info....Question about "Total Ops", is that number there for a specific time, i.e. a day or since the machine was last rebooted....
john -----Original Message----- From: Russ Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:39 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Growing Exchange IS Out of control Are you referring to the log files or the store file, or both? We had a problem recently where the log files grew rapidly but we did not notice any proportional store file growth. The problem was not the amount of data/messages a user was transferring, but the number of transactions a user was generating. She had sent out a mass email with an RR attached, and in the process of deleting all the RRs, generated enough transactions to fill up the log drive. To isolate the user, we went to Properties of the Private Information Store, Logons tab, added "Total Ops" to the view, and sorted by Total Ops. The "offending" user immediately jumped out at us. You'll need to check this while the log files are being generated at a higher-than-normal rate. (These instructions are for 5.5. I'm sure there is a 2000 equiv.) To "fix" the problem, we had her set up a .pst and ran a rule to move the RRs to the .pst. This didn't seem to generate as many transactions. If the growth also involves the store, turn up logging on the IMC (SMTP connections and possibly Message Archival) and Private Store (Transport Send/Rcv, I believe, but you may need to try other counters, too), then check the Event log and IMC Archive directory. You should be able to get a good idea of who is sending the most messages. Russ -----Original Message----- From: Wade Robinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 6:10 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Growing Exchange IS Out of control I have an Exchange server growing uncontrollably. A full backup ran last night and purged the log files so far today the transaction logs have grown 9 GB. I have looked through the users expecting to find a run away mailbox but nothing out of the ordinary there. Any ideas where I might want to check? Thanks _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
