Set the Deleted Item Retention time for messages to 0 and IS maintenance to "always" and let that puppy run for awhile. Also, check the 1221 events in the app log and see how much space has been freed up. The 1221's will give you the min amount you can reclaim after defragging with eseutil again. And of course, take another backup *after* you run eseutil :)
-----Original Message----- From: pat karr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:26 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: exchange 5.5 private stores and purging Hi all, I run an Exchange 5.5 SP4 server on Win NT 4.0. Over the weekend it reached it 16GB threshold and I had to defrag it using the ESEUTIL. Afterwards, I made a backup and began clearing out over 100 accounts that contained close to 8GB's worth of data (according to the privates stores resources area). After which, I went back and viewed the size of the PRIV.EDB and it remained the same size as it was before the purging. It was explained to me that I needed to run another backup and did so. Nothing has changed on the size of the PRIV.EDB database, shows 14.7 GB's. I even ran the ESEUTIL once afterwards and another backup. I am using Brightstor Enterprise Backup. Once again nothing changed. Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can recover all of the space that I cleared? best regards, Pat _________________________________________________________________ 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]
