1)
We need to allow the online maintenance to run a few passes over the
information store. If it hasn't run in awhile over 6GB open the maintenance
window for a few hours. Then event ID 1221 will advise us the amounbt of
white space in the store. It is possible we can run a utility (eseutil) to
make the store smaller if the white space warrants such.
2)
We also need to change the IMS admin mailbox to someone that can receive the
NDR's.
William
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 4:23 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space
I believe it does, I am not in the office now but offline backup runs
midnight and i'm pretty sure the maintenance time is conflicting.
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From: "Lefkovics, William" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 14:45:11 -0700
>Working within those confines is not easy. No eventID 1221? Do you stop
>your servers every night?
>
>In Exchange Administrator, hilight the server and select File-->Properties.
>Go to the IS Maintenance tab.
>Does the selected online maintenance time conflict with your offline
>backups?
>
>William
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Duncan Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:46 PM
>To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space
>
>
>I have been converted in my backup strategy ;-p I'll rectify this next
>week.
>
>I too believe these to be NDR's, I already checked the admin account this
>contains no mail and I open along with my mailbox in outlook daily. The
>Admin account on the IMS is Administrator the mailbox resources specify
>"Internet Mail Server(Topaz)" as the mailbox?? How on earth do you get to
>these emails and boy have I got some mail to read!!
>
>As for the event id 1221, no trace of it at all........
>
>We can afford drives but no-one is allowed to buy anything at the moment
>groupwide policy, they are not giving in and my boss has backed down, I
need
>to pull some magic out of the hat with all your help too of course
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 07 September 2001 22:04
>To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space
>
>
>Offline backups do not allow you recovery to point of failure, only to
point
>of last backup. In a restore, you would lose all subsequent information.
>
>Circular logging is fine if you are only doing offline backups, but again
>you are losing out on a valuable feature of the product, to recover to
point
>of failure.
>
>I didn't say you were using an ArghServeIT agent, only that they suck.
>
>NTBackup ships with Windows. Applying Exchange to the server essentially
>makes NTBackup "exchange aware" allowing online backups. The 2 main
>benefits of online backups: redovery to point of failure and continued use
>of Exchange during backup.
>
>I suspect the resources are NDR's without an admin account associated? Try
>going into IMS propertes to the Internet Mail tab. Is there an
>administrators mailbox set there?
>
>If you can't afford drives then perhaps Exchange is not the best product
for
>your company.
>
>While we're there... in the application event log, how much white space is
>indicated in event id 1221, which should be running each night?
>
>William
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:46 PM
>To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space
>
>
>
>Ok,
>
>It would seem that all of you know that Arcserve stinks, you know that I
>know that, oh and who said anything about using an arcserve agent, we stop
>all services and do full disk backup to tape daily. But if I cannot get
>money to buy drives how do I replace the backup software whilst staying
>legal??? I inherited this, it was not choice believe me ;-)
>
>Now, can someone help me out here and let me know how to get to the 1Gb
>showing against the internet mail service in mailbox resources? Please?
>
>Duncan
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "Lefkovics, William" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:45:27 -0700
>
>>LOL!
>>
>>Offline backups = infrequent additional backup support for online backups
>>Circular Logging = only for front end machines with no mailboxes
>>DarkServeIT Exchange Agent = for masochistic admins
>>
>>NTBackup for 60GB on 2 servers? Wow.
>>
>>Cause offense? Here? Bring it on, babe!
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: EALES, Jack / RSAIFS - IOM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 7:22 AM
>>To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>>Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space
>>
>>
>>Michele, (sorry can't find the keystroke to do the accent ;-p) I was under
>>the impression the Agents for Exchange (i.e. Brick Level Backups - sorry
to
>>swear William.. ) were BAD?? I've never used BE (more's the pity) but I
>have
>>had the same experiences as William - Arrrggghhhhhserve and agents .....
>all
>>of which are not even good enough to be classified as terrible....... that
>>would be insulting to bad software ;-)
>>
>>I know OFE and Exchange is a no - no ..... but NTBackup works just dandy
>for
>>us and our 60Gb+ on 2 servers Exchange 5.5 setup here....
>>
>>I was warning him based on the fact that he stated clearly that he
>currently
>>uses A* <mailto:A*&@%rve> &@%rve...... I can't bring myself to use it's
>name
>>in public any more.... and does an offline backup...... so their agent
>would
>>be the "logical" choice for him and that would be BAD BAD BAD (back me up
>>here William - PLEASE??)
>>
>>Sorry if I cause offence.... but it's something I can get a little
>>passionate about...
>>Jack
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: 07 September 2001 15:09
>>To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>>Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space
>>
>>
>>Jack? Are you equating "BE w/ Exchange Agent" (which is good) with "Open
>>File Agent" (which is BAD)?
>>
>>-Michèle
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: EALES, Jack / RSAIFS - IOM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:57 AM
>>To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>>Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space
>>
>>
>>Save even more money and grief - leave the agent out of it and use
NTBackup
>>- no need or offline backups and less grief long term..... see the
archives
>>for extensive discussion on the PRO (note the lack of "s") and <20 PITCH
>>BOLD UNDERLINE RED FONT> CONS </20 PITCH BOLD UNDERLINE RED FONT> of
>using
>>agents....
>>
>>Spend the money on good hardware - make your life easy....
>>
>>Jack
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ellery July [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: 07 September 2001 14:42
>>To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>>Subject: RE: Reclaiming Disk Space
>>
>>
>>THIS MESSAGE ORIGINATED ON THE INTERNET - Please read the detailed
>>disclaimer below.
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>If the IS is 6.2 GB you need to add HD space. A couple 9 or 18 gig drives
>BE
>>withe xchange agent and you would not need to do an offline backup and
lots
>>of other potential problems would go away. What you are proposing is only
a
>>temp solution. Spend a few hundred and save yourself or the next admin
>>some future grief.
>>
>>
>>ellery july
>>Technical Lead
>>Northwest Area Foundation
>>332 Minnesota
>>e-1201
>>St. Paul, MN 55101
>>email - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>phone - 651-225-3895
>>fax - 651-225-7695
>> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Duncan Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 8:02 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
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