Once online maintenance runs, you should see Event ID 1221 in the Application Log - that will show how much whitespace is available in the EDB file. Exchange will use up that white space before expanding the EDB file on disk (IF you have multiple stores on the same disk, be sure to watch all of them - if one out of four has no whitespace, for example, you'll still be losing free disk space).
If disk space has gotten critical - note that the STM file CAN continue to grow, and may grow quickly if you have POP/IMAP clients. The only way to free up space in the STM file is to perform an offline defrag. --James On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Bingham, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The nightly online maintenance, as Michael described, will do the actual > work to free up the space. You can't get it back immediately… well, I > suppose you could modify the schedule for the maintenance to include the > whole day, and restart the services to initiate it immediately, but that > would be disruptive, detrimental to end user performance, and just generally > not recommended. > > > > > > From: Chris Pohlschneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 7:21 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 Hard Drives Filling UP > > > > Ok I checked the Deleted Mailbox Retention for the database and it was set > for 180 days. I changed that value to 0 for now because I need the white > space to be reused immediately. Will I be able to reuse this white space > immediately or does some sort of process need to run on the server for this > to happen? > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 10:03 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 Hard Drives Filling UP > > > > Check mailbox policy for system cleanup times. > > > > From: Bingham, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 10:00 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 Hard Drives Filling UP > > > > Check for Deleted Mailbox Retention on the Limits tab of the database > properties. The deleted mailboxes are retained in the database for this > period of time; the freed space will not be reusable until then. > > > > > > From: Chris Pohlschneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 6:50 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Exchange 2003 Hard Drives Filling UP > > > > Hello All: > > > > > > I am fairly new with Exchange 2003 and I have inherited an Exchange server > that has not been properly managed in the past. What I am running into is > that priv1.edb file and priv1.stm files are growing at a rapid pace. In the > past, there have been no restrictions set on mailboxes and I know that is > causing this issue because people are not cleaning up any old e-mails. I > have cleaned up some old mailboxes by archiving them to pst file and then > deleting the mailbox out of Exchange. This has totaled around 10GB of space > that should be reused by exchange. However, I am noticing that my priv1.edb > file is still growing a little bit each day. My assumption was that it would > not grow for a little while at least since I freed up 10GB of space. Would > anyone be able to give me some pointers on why this file continues to grow? > I know in order to reclaim disk space, I would have to do an offline defrag, > but it does not make since to me why the file is still growing. Thanks for > any help in advance. > > > > Windows Server 2003 Standard with Service Pack 2 > > Exchange 2003 Enterprise > > > > Chris Pohlschneider > > Network Administrator > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 937-494-2559 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > This e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only and may contain > privileged, confidential, or proprietary information that is exempt from > disclosure under law. If you have received this message in error, please > inform us promptly by reply e-mail, then delete the e-mail and destroy any > printed copy. Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is > intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may > contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other > than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, > please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank > you. > > Butler Animal Health Supply > > ********************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only and may contain > privileged, confidential, or proprietary information that is exempt from > disclosure under law. If you have received this message in error, please > inform us promptly by reply e-mail, then delete the e-mail and destroy any > printed copy. Thank you. > > ________________________________ > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
