I'm with you on the process, I'm just trying to figure out why outlook is telling me one mailbox size and exchange is telling me another. I found this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891789 The reg keys on in the exchange server. jb
________________________________ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:19 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: exchange 2003 db cleanup The "clean up" processes do run automatically on an Exchange server. However, I believe that your perception of what they will do is in error. Look for an event id 1221 in the application log on your Exchange server, you should have multiples of this event daily depending on how many information store databases you have. This event informs you that the online defragmentation has completed on a specific store and how much free space (white space) is available. You will not recover that free space in any way shape form or fashion unless you run eseutil. This is not a recommended process to run unless directed to by Microsoft PSS. Your Exchange server will run much more effeciently with available white space in its databases. It will not have to grow a database to accomodate the need for more space if that white space is already available to it. Most Exchange admins allow their Exchange servers to run in this fashion. Eseutil is to be avoided unless you want to screw up your Exchange server. It can be used if there are serious issues with an information store that need to be resolved and really should only be done at the direction of PSS. On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Jason Benway <benw...@jsjcorp.com> wrote: Normally isn't there a scheduled task/event that runs within exchange to cleanup the db and free up whitespace. Before we moved over a bunch of mailboxes from another org we archived all mailboxes so they where smaller than 100megs. But now that we moved them over a bunch of them are larger than 100 megs, but viewing through outlook they should be below 100. I'm thinking the db cleanup process should run and correct this. I've ran a full backup, which didn't reclaim any of the space. I know about eseutil, but I thought the cleanup processes ran by themselves. Jason Benway System/Storage Engineer 616-847-8474 telephone 616-850-1208 fax www.jsjcorp.com <http://www.jsjcorp.com/> JSJ Corporation 700 Robbins Road Grand Haven, MI 49417 ________________________________ This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
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