RE: Reclaiming Disk Space

[Duncan Arnold]

I cwould buy more disksif this was an option, we like several other companies are on a total spend freeze.  The mail server was going to be replaced this financial year but again the spend freeze has put a stop to it.  I need to buy us 6 months or so until hopefully we can either throw some disks at it or replace it completely.    Does anyone know how to get at the IMS mailbox?  Its nearly 1gb, that would probably see us through the next 6 months or so.   Thanks -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 07 September 2001 14:51 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space Why not just buy a bigger HD? -----Original Message----- From: Eugene Pesochin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:34 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space 6.2GB store on a 6.45GB partition!? You have to limit mailbox sizes or put more HDD's. That is to low.   Eugene Pesochin Systems Manager ClubMom, Inc. 200 Madison Ave. 6th Fl New York, New York 10016 tel    646.435.6565 fax    646.435.6600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.clubmom.com   -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space   The IS is 6.2Gb.   Exchange services are stopped every night and a full offline backup is taken with Arcserve.   Circular logging is on.   Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Ambrose, Joseph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 07 September 2001 13:45 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space Just a few questions....   How big is the IS?   Are you doing full backups?   Is circular logging on or off?   I'm sure there are others...     Joseph Ambrose System and Network Manager The Conference Board Phone : 001-212-339-0443 Fax : 001-212-836-3802 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit our Award Winning Web Site:  www.conference-board.org   -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:42 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Reclaiming Disk Space   Hi,   I have Exchange 5.5 installed on a Dell poweredge 2300,  The server has 2 x 9Gb drives mirrored with two partitions 2Gb and 6.45Gb.  Exchange is installed to the first partition and the mailboxes reside on the second partition.   Ok, the server is continually running out of disk space, so everything shuts down, if I look at the mailbox resources in the Admin tool it reports that the internet mail service mailbox is just short of 1Gb, how do you view, clear this down?    Also I believe that the whitespace can be cleared down from the database but requires 110% of the database size, can I install Exchange to another server with bags of disk space, recover whitespace and move databases back to the original server? (and no I can't move Exchange to the other server permanently!!)     Thanks   Duncan List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm