Why not? I like answering questions like; "is there a problem with the mail?" from 200 users. Almost as much as answering "that depends" 200 times to the question "when will the mail be back up?"
-----Original Message----- From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 4:13 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store Maintenance Yep. (Obviously you don't wanna do this during normal usage hours ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 3:59 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Information Store Maintenance > > > So........if I stop and restart the services I should see the > "real" size at > the time the services were restarted? > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 3:55 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Information Store Maintenance > > > As long as the file is opened, you don't see the change in > Windows Explorer. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 12:53 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Information Store Maintenance > > > I was concerned that I would not be able to monitor the size of the > database. I was checking it using explorer and it has steadily > maintained 10-11GB. I never worried about it. Now that it is 15.5GB > I became more > concerned. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Smallwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 3:45 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Information Store Maintenance > > > > Hello, > > Instead of "suspecting" that you have whitespace, why not > check the event > log? event ID 1221 if I remember correctly... > > not to mention what other have eluded to: > -mute point if you have 5 gigs of free space and not over > 16gb limit -lots > of downtime-risk -what problem do you think will be solved? > > PLUS- at least this way, Exchange wont have to use cycles to > resize the DB > as it grows... > > Thank you, > Patrick > > > > > > "MHR(Michael > > Ross)" To: "MS-Exchange > Admin > Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: > > Subject: RE: > Information > Store Maintenance > 07/10/2002 12:22 > > PM > > Please respond to > > "MS-Exchange > > Admin Issues" > > > > > > > > > AMEN BRUTHA!! > -----Original Message----- > From: Morse, George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:18 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Information Store Maintenance > > I ran it on two different servers that had been running > for 3 years. > Each IS was around 32 GB. It took about 3 hours and > was 5 GB when it > was finished. The biggest improvement was that the > backup didn't use > 32GB of space on the tapes every night. > > George > > -----Original Message----- > From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 3:14 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Information Store Maintenance > > > > It should take you about 2-3 hours. > Our database is 27 GB in size and im going to > defrag it this > weekend. > I should be able to shrink it to about 25 GB > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Personette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:11 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Information Store Maintenance > > > > Think he may be worried about bumping the 16 gig > limit for non > enterprise??? > > > Jay Personette > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mavtech.com/ > (281) 455-3993 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 1:54 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Information Store Maintenance > > > You don't need to run this utility. Exchange > maintains itself - > are you having problems that you believe will be resolved? > > > Steve Clark > Clark Systems Support, LLC > AVIEN Charter Member > "Who's watching your network?" > www.clarksupport.com > 301-610-9584 voice > 240-465-0323 Efax > > > The data furnished in connection with this > document is deemed > by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and > privileged information and shall not be disclosed > or used for > the benefit of others without the prior written > permission of > Clark Systems Support, LLC. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:52 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Information Store Maintenance > > > Greetings Knowledgeable Exchange Admins > > > Our Exch5.5/SP4 WNT4.0/SP6 information store is > beefed up to > 15.5GB. I was planning to run the ESEUTIL to clean up the > database. I suspect there is a lot of space that can be > reclaimed and by defragging the store things > > > *should* run more smoothly. I have never done > this so bravely > I go forward, but not before asking for the sage > advise of the > list. > > > A couple of things I would like to know are: > > > 1. Approximately how long will it take? The box is a > Dell > PE2400 dual > PIII-600 1GB-RAM. I'm just looking for a > ballpark so I can > schedule the time. > > > 2. Are there any precautions, other than backups, I > should > take? > > > 3. Are there any known problems with the utility > > > Thanks in advance. > > > Dan Munley > > > 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 > > > > > > 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
