Thanks Michael! I made the change to 5 GB on the OS drive, and 10 GB on the DB and Log drive. Running the backup now.
Thanks, Andy From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:12 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup issue in Exchange 2007 No danger of that as long as the backup itself doesn't crash. If you are concerned about THAT possibility then set the shadow storage to a more reasonable number, such as 5 GB. The current values are way too low for an active server. Sent from my HTC Tilt(tm) 2, a Windows(r) phone from AT&T ________________________________ From: Leedy, Andy <ale...@butlerschein.com> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 8:36 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues <exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Subject: RE: Backup issue in Exchange 2007 The server only runs Exchange 2007. Any danger of removing the VSS max limit and having Exchange crash due to lack of free space during the backup? I assume you mean remove VSS limit on the D and E drives (see below)? Here is the current setup: OS, logs and DB all on separate drives. Drive Data Size Free C OS 68gb 40gb D Logs 136gb 130gb E DB 836gb 387gb C:\Users\ExchangeAdmin>vssadmin list shadowstorage vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp. Shadow Copy Storage association For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{efb56814-7941-11dd-846d-806e6f6e6963}\<file:///\\%3f\Volume%7befb56814-7941-11dd-846d-806e6f6e6963%7d\> Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{efb56814-7941-11dd-846d-806e6f6e6963}\<file:///\\%3f\Volume%7befb56814-7941-11dd-846d-806e6f6e6963%7d\> Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 B Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 B Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 6.833 GB Shadow Copy Storage association For volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{efb56815-7941-11dd-846d-806e6f6e6963}\<file:///\\%3f\Volume%7befb56815-7941-11dd-846d-806e6f6e6963%7d\> Shadow Copy Storage volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{efb56815-7941-11dd-846d-806e6f6e6963}\<file:///\\%3f\Volume%7befb56815-7941-11dd-846d-806e6f6e6963%7d\> Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 B Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 B Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 300 MB Shadow Copy Storage association For volume: (E:)\\?\Volume{e88c87c0-312e-11df-99d9-806e6f6e6963}\<file:///\\%3f\Volume%7be88c87c0-312e-11df-99d9-806e6f6e6963%7d\> Shadow Copy Storage volume: (E:)\\?\Volume{e88c87c0-312e-11df-99d9-806e6f6e6963}\<file:///\\%3f\Volume%7be88c87c0-312e-11df-99d9-806e6f6e6963%7d\> Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 B Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 B Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 300 MB From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup issue in Exchange 2007 You should REMOVE the VSS max limit and allow VSS to police itself. That being said - my advice is appropriate if only Exchange is on that volume. If other things are installed, then all bets are off. :-P Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Leedy, Andy [mailto:ale...@butlerschein.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:50 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Backup issue in Exchange 2007 It appears that the VSS file is changing or something, so that the backup is not able to verify. I believe the Backup is ok, but it would be nice to verify. Does anyone have any ideas how to resolve the issue? Do I need to increase the VSS max limit? We are using Backup Exec 12.5 I believe. Backup log contains this warning: WARNING: "\\TBCMAIL\Microsoft Information Store\Associates MBX Storage Group\Associates MBX Store<file:///\\TBCMAIL\Microsoft%20Information%20Store\Associates%20MBX%20Storage%20Group\Associates%20MBX%20Store>" is a corrupt file. This file cannot verify. Backup completed on 1/13/2011 at 12:21:47 AM. . . . Completed status: Failed Final error: 0xe000fedf - A failure occurred reading an object. Final error category: Resource Errors For additional information regarding this error refer to link http://eventlookup.veritas.com/eventlookup/EventLookup.jhtml?EvtID=V-79-57344-65247 The event log contains this error: EventID 36 - The shadow copies of volume D: were aborted because the shadow copy storage could not grow due to a user imposed limit. We are using the latest Backup Exec. Volume D contains the databases. The largest is around 120 GB. Any ideas? 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