If you have snapshots turned on on your file server, then your users huge PSTs are getting backed up during every snapshot if they do ANYTHING to the PST. Solution is to have users break up their PST to smaller files, and reduce the number of snapshots you do. And/or schedule a weekly reboot. and/or get rid of PSTs :)
Jon On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Kevan Dickinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Since Friday afternoon I have been having some people report that they can > not open their PST files. > > All PST files are stored in users home drives on the Network. > > When trying to open the file from within Outlook they are told that they do > not have permission to open the file. However they have full read and write > access to the file. I reapplied permissions just in case. If I copy the PST > locally then the file can be opened. > > > > I know that Microsoft does not support PST’s on a Network drive but we have > worked this way for many years and I know that lots of other people do as > well. > > > > Anyone any idea what may be happening here? It’s affecting about 10% of our > users at the moment and as I said earlier started happening on Friday > afternoon. The clients are running a mixture of Office 2003 and Office > 2007. We use Exchange server 2003. > > > > Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Kevan Dickinson > > Network Manager > > NSF-CMI > > 23 Lodge Road > > Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, > > Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK > > > > T:+44 01993 885661 > > E:[email protected] > > W:www.nsf-cmi.com > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************************** > > ***Disclaimer*** > > The contents of this Email may be privileged and are confidential. If you > are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any > action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may > be unlawful. > > Should you wish to use Email as a mode of communication, NSF-CMi Ltd and its > subsidiaries are unable to guarantee the security of Email content outside > of our own computer systems. > > This footnote also confirms that this Email message has been checked by > MailMarshal for the presence of computer viruses. Whilst we run anti-virus > software, you are solely responsible for ensuring that any Email or > attachment you receive is virus free. We disclaim any liability for any > damage you suffer as a consequence of receiving any virus. > > NSF-CMi Ltd > Registered in England No: 1899857 > Registered Office 4th Floor, 35 New Bridge Street, London, EC4V 6BW > > ********************************************************************************** > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
