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You
can "lose" MVP status? How can that happen?
Thanks, William.
Actually, for the past four years I *was* a Windows
NT/2000 MVP, but this year I am an Exchange MVP.
Oh, and its Schnoll, not Scholl. :-)
<shameless self-promotion>
Exchange 2000 Server: The Complete Reference - ISBN 0072127392
</shameless self-promotion>
:-)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:33
AM
Subject: RE: Eseutil
For
those that do not know, Scott Scholl is a Windows2000/NTServer MVP and
co-author of Exchange2000 Server:the Complete
Reference.
William
Well, to be more specific....
Exchange's online defragmentation is great for defragmenting
and reclaiming white space; however, this process does not reduce the size of
the database file. So, if you move a large amount of data from your
databases (e.g., you purge a whole lot of messages; you move a whole lot of
mailboxes; etc.) then performing an offline defragmentation using ESEUTIL is
completely acceptable maintenance that does not need the hand-holding or
blessing of PSS to perform.
If you aren't move large amounts of data out of your
databases, and you aren't running into any storage limitations (e.g., because
you are running Standard or because you're running out of disk space), then
running ESEUTIL won't provide much, if any, benefits.
So, whether or not this is a regular maintenance tool really
depends on your environment. For the large majority of Exchange orgs, it
probably won't be a regular maintenance tool.
My $.02.
--
Regards,
Scott Schnoll
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:21
AM
Subject: RE: Eseutil
Only use it if you are directed to by PSS, or if you are using the
standard edition of Exchange 5.5 and are running into the 16GB limit.
Exchange handles online defrag quite well so there should be no need to run
and offline defrag unless you are running into the 16GB limit on Standard
Edition.
So what is
the best practice with defragmentation?
MS says that
"ESEUITL is not considered a tool for regular maintenance and should
only be used in case of emergency after contacting Microsoft Technical
Support". On the other hand, there're people here that use it on monthly
basis!
So, to use
or not to use?
This statement is NOT entirely accurate.
Try the following syntax and you can direct wherever you want including
mapped drives. For example, C:\exchsrver/bin>eseutil /d /ispriv
/tf:\tempedb.edb. Notice, there is no space
between the /t and the drive you wish to defrag on.
I'm not familiar with E2K, but on 5.5 I regularly (read monthly)
run eseutil. I run it because that is the ONLY way to regain space
in the Exchange DB that has been freed up by messages being deleted
etc. If I did not do this on a regular basis I would hit the
Exchange 5.5 IS limit.
I would guess that it would be /t f:/tempedb.edb or
what ever you plan to use for the defrag. It may not work, it
doesn't work in 5.5 when you try to redirect the temp database, it must
run on the same physical drive that it is stored.
Good luck.
Sherry
Why do you need to defrag the IS? Has MS told you to do
this?
eseutil is a tool that if you are not familiar with, you
shouldn't be using. Now tell us why you want to do
it.
Hi
How do I use the /t switch with
eseutil , i need to defrag the database and there is not enogh
storage space
in C: , where
exchange 2000 is loaded.
Thanks
Irfan
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