I'm no expert, lots of people here have lots more experience than I do! However I did the same as you are attempting last May, however in an Exchange 7 environment. No downtime required, simply add the additional store make sure it's mounted, start moving users, live is ok. You can take your time and move them at your leisure. Ones all users are moved, you can dismount and delete the old store.
___________________________________ Stefan Jafs From: Doug Rooney [mailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 4:38 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mail store issues So interesting, as soon as I admit that I am new to this game, no replies. Hmm. Well thanks for the help I did get. :) Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.com<mailto:i...@sonomatilemakers.com> From: Doug Rooney [mailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:57 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mail store issues You guys crack me up, any way thanks for the heads up, I have a store size of about 23 GB and 124 GB free, so I think I am OK there. So, is there some clear concise instructions somewhere to do this, like does the store need to be off-line, which is what I am guessing. And any ballpark on how long it takes? Please bear with me, I was sent to a 2 day Exchange Server seminar and handed the job as Exchange Admin, so I am kinda green still. Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.com<mailto:i...@sonomatilemakers.com> From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mail store issues Your = you're From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 11:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mail store issues If you have 100 GB mail on store A, your going have 100 GB on store B, plus 100 GB of logs. Generally speaking of course. You mileage may vary. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:sj...@amico.com] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 11:14 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mail store issues Just realize that if you create it on the same server you'll have double the store size until you delete the original one! Actually I think it actually triples until you have done a successful B/U! Correct me if I'm wrong, just make sure you have the disk space. ___________________________________ Stefan Jafs From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Mail store issues Yes. On the same machine. Not required though. If you have another Exchange 2003 server in the same site you can create the store there as well. Apparently it's the moving of mailboxes from one store to another effectively repairs. Cheers. On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Doug Rooney <d...@sonomatilemakers.com<mailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com>> wrote: I am currently trying to copy the error message, but when you say create a new store, is that on the same machine? Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.com<mailto:i...@sonomatilemakers.com> From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com<mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com>] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:07 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Mail store issues Try creating a new store. Move all the mailboxes to the new store and see if that clears up the corruption problem. Cheers. On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Doug Rooney <d...@sonomatilemakers.com<mailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com>> wrote: Hello, I am running Ex 2003 on box that only run AD and is the PDC. Since about 2 months ago, my backup have ÿÿ~failedÿÿ(tm) but the byte counts is still good. The error says that there is corruption in the mail store. A re there utilities that I can run to clean this up? Thank You ~Doug Rooney Sonoma Tilemakers IT Manager 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 (707) 837-8177 X211 (707) 837-9472 FAX i...@sonomatilemakers.com<mailto:i...@sonomatilemakers.com> This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments.