I don't see this gentleman Scott Shnoll on this list any more. But he posted this some time back. I have printed this and stuck it on my exchange server, so that I don't miss any of these! This has kept me trouble free so far. Mal
There is a lot more to maintaining Exchange than applying service packs. You should also regularly review your event logs (daily, if not more frequently). There are some good tools out there that can automate this for you. You should also regularly collect and monitor performance data. You also need to watch mail queues for build-up, verify that your Exchange-aware antivirus software is working and keeping up-to-date, monitor disk space, and perform a whole other slew of tasks that combine to form your Exchange maintenance practices. Don't think for a minute that applying service packs is all you need to do to keep your servers up longer. There are lots of other factors that affect uptime and availability and they should not be overlooked. My $.02. -Scott -----Original Message----- From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 2:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: 16 GB Limit? No. > -----Original Message----- > From: Majetic, John RAME [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:30 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: 16 GB Limit? > > > Sorry for highjacking the thread, but is there any > maintenance other than > backups, event log, and IS size monitoring that really needs > to be done on a > regular basis? > > John Majetic > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:35 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: 16 GB Limit? > > > >>Mgmt is real big on my being able to run off-line defrag regularly > > Yes, we've already discussed at length the complete waste of > time this is. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Abercrombie, Sherry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 12:17 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: 16 GB Limit? > > > > He he. I'm actually going to enjoy this meeting.....I'm > going to enjoy > saying "I been telling you this was going to happen, na na na > na na". Okay, > I probably won't say it exactly like that, but I will enjoy it! > > My off-line defrag this past weekend gained me nada, zippo, > zilch, zero. > The stripe set it's on is a total of 25 GB, the IS is @ 12.6 > & growing, if I > can get drives for this server is a big IF, so far I've found > none (Compaq > 1850R), Exchange Enterprise 5.5 is unavailable that I've > found for purchase. > Looks like I get a new/second Exchange server out of this > deal. Mgmt is > real big on my being able to run off-line defrag regularly > and/or isinteg if > there is database corruption, I'm at the point that I can't > do that easily > or quickly, & of course that's the other part of what they > want, it must be > quick. Sooo, I've configured a nice little Compaq ML530 with dual > processors, 2 GB ram & 6 18 GB drives.....I'm going to enjoy > playing with my > new server :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Lefkovics [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 1:29 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: 16 GB Limit? > > > Yes. Absolutely. > > >From Paul Robichaux's Managing Exchange Server 5.5: > > "If you're running the Standard Edition of Exchange, and your > public or > private IS is very close to the 16GB limit, the IS will shut > down instead of > growing beyond that limit. If this happens, do an off-line > defragmentation > of the database (see Chapter 17 for details) to reclaim the database > whitespace, then restart the IS. If the database is already > compacted, then > you may have to consider upgrading to Enterprise Edition to > get the store to > start." > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sherry Abercrombie [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 11:21 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: 16 GB Limit? > > > Sorry to bring this up again, but this is to make sure I > understand before a > 3 PM meeting today with my CTO about Exchange, if the > priv.edb on Exchange > 5.5 Standard edition hits 16GB, Exchange will come to a > screeching halt? > Yes or no? > > Thanks, > Sherry > > > I'm not sure what you are asking, Dan. > > > > There is a hardcoded 16GB database limit to each of the private > > information store and public information store in the Exchange > > Standard version. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:20 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: 16 GB Limit? > > > > > > MSExchangeIS Private? Storage Limits? > > > > Dan Munley > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: William Lefkovics [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 10:45 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: 16 GB Limit? > > > > > > GB, not MB. > > > > There is a separate 16GB limit on each of the priv.edb and pub.edb. > > > > The online maintenance that runs each night will report the > database > > information to the application event log. > > > > William > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 7:34 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: 16 GB Limit? > > > > > > It is agreed that the limit is 16MB. How is that > determined? Through > > > the aggregate size of the mailboxes and private folders? Or > the size > > of the Priv and Pub? > > > > Dan Munley > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Majetic, John RAME [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 3:56 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: 16 GB Limit? > > > > > > Ok everyone here is talking about the 16GB limit on regular > 5.5, but > > all the docs I can find from Microsoft don't seem to differencate > > between 5.5 and 5.5 enterprise. I was always under the > impression that > > > regualar 5.5 had the 16GB limit, and Eneterprise got rid of it. > > > > Am I right? > > If not what is the limit in regualr 5.5? > > > > > > John Majetic > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm> > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm> > > > > > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm> > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm> > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm> > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > <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
