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Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: KevinM [mailto:kev...@wlkmmas.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 2:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Manually modify File Size I want to create a 5GB file by manipulating the file size attribute. Anyone know how I can modify the file size? The reason I want to do this -I want to stick a 5GB file on all of my exchange DB volumes so I have a 5GB quick buffer incase my database grows to quick and dismounts due to no more space on the volume -When the database dismounts I can delete the file and have space to keep running without going to the SAN peeps and begging for more storage -Doing anything with a 5GB file takes a while - if I can artificially manipulate the file size I can avoid the time it would take to create the file, copy the file and to delete the file. - I could script the deletion with commands to shrink the file from 5GB to 5KB then delete the file --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
