[ActiveDir] Exchange 2000 STF Files
Hello,I'm experiencing reoccurring errors in our backups stating STF files cannot be backed up because they are being used by another process. I know STF files are temp files that are stored wherever the Exchange database log files stored and that they get deleted upon startup of the information store service. I would like to exclude STF files from the backups. Just looking for some reassurance that I will not need these files if a disaster strikes. Thanks for any info any may have.TimTim Mischler, MCSAGeneral DynamicsNetwork SystemsField Service RepresentativePhone: (937) 257 4757[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits
when you consider the fact that hard drive costs are exponentially less than what they used to be 2-3 years ago. That is all my opinion and, again, it's not meant to knock you in a personal way. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Robin Smith Sent: Thu 6/9/2005 5:22 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits I'd be interested to hear what others have to say, too. We are stingy with our mailbox limits because the more we give our users the more they abuse it. We limit most 'regular' users to 8MB with a warning at 7MB. When they reach 8MB they can't send. If a regular user's mailbox gets to 15MB then we disable it. This forces the user to do something - either call the Help Desk or clean out their mail. Directors and chiefs and commissioners and such are generally given much higher limits. We start at 25MB and then increase by 10MB if necessary. We do have a handful of users who have no limits whatsoever and their mailboxes are out of control. We are in the process of migrating to Exchange2003 and implementing mailbox manager. Robin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mischler Timothy J Contractor NASIC/SCNA Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 7:55 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits Just out of curiosity, those of you who are Exchange Admins, what is the max size that your users can stop sending and receiving? How do you deal with users who are out of the office your whatever reason, so they don't lose emails because their over there limit? Thanks Tim List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
[ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits
Title: Exchange and disabling accounts Just out of curiosity, those of you who are Exchange Admins, what is the max size that your users can stop sending and receiving? How do you deal with users who are out of the office your whatever reason, so they don't lose emails because their over there limit? Thanks Tim
RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits
Our regular users are set to stop sending and receiving at 100MB, while our VIP users have a larger limit. I would like to set it to only stop sending at 100MB but I'm afraid their mailboxes would grow out of control. Most users work out of their PST file but if their not here to open Outlook it's not going into their PST. Thanks for all the input, I was just curious to how others were setup. Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike kline Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 8:20 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits Tim, We use 65 MB for a warning and prohibit send at 75MB. We don't put any restrictions on receiving because of the reason you mentioned. We don't want anyone to not receive an important piece of mail. You support the Air Force so you may also want to create another store for VIP users (Generals/Colonels/Senior Gov't). They would have much higher limits because the last thing you want is a call from a General asking why he can't send mail. Thanks Mike On 6/9/05, Mischler Timothy J Contractor NASIC/SCNA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiosity, those of you who are Exchange Admins, what is the max size that your users can stop sending and receiving? How do you deal with users who are out of the office your whatever reason, so they don't lose emails because their over there limit? Thanks Tim List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
RE: [ActiveDir] FYI---WSUS released, Exchange 2003 SP2 coming
Do you know if the Storage Group limit is based on the edb file or both the edb file and the stm file? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crawford, Scott Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 2:08 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FYI---WSUS released, Exchange 2003 SP2 coming I was just saying that we ran into the 16GB store limit on Exchange Standard edition so we upgraded to Enterprise for the sole purpose of getting larger stores. But now, less than a month after the check cleared, we find out that Exchange Standard with support up to 75GB. -Original Message- From: Salandra, Justin A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:14 PM To: Crawford, Scott Subject: RE: FYI---WSUS released, Exchange 2003 SP2 coming Scott, What is this that you are saying that Enterprise Exchange only supports 75 GB? Justin A. Salandra MCSE Windows 2000 2003 Network and Technology Services Manager Catholic Healthcare System 212.752.7300 - office 917.455.0110 - cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Renouf Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:11 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] FYI---WSUS released, Exchange 2003 SP2 coming Microsoft Update was released too, about time there was one place to get updates. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/microsoftupdate/default.msp x Phil On 6/6/05, Mark Parris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With SP2 and a feature pack you also get push email to windows mobile phones. Mark -Original Message- From: Crawford, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:33:30 To:ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FYI---WSUS released, Exchange 2003 SP2 coming Thanks for the info. Pretty excited about WSUS. Not too thrilled that I just upgraded our Exchange servers to enterprise solely for the increased store size only to find out that 75GB is supported by SP2. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
[ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database
Title: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database I recently had some corruption on one of my Exchange databases, let's call it exchange-mbx1, and had to create a new database under the same Storage Group, exchange-mbx1a, on my Exchange 2000 server. I moved all the the mailboxes from the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, to the new database, exchange-mbx1a. Now the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, is empty and dismounted. I would like to delete the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, are there any steps that need to be taken after deleting the database? Thanks Tim
RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database
Title: Message If I'm not mistaken the Information Store has to be started in order to access the Storage Groups through ESM in order to delete a database. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A.Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 9:34 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database I just think you need to stop the information store first -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mischler Timothy J Contractor NASIC/SCNASent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:06 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database I recently had some corruption on one of my Exchange databases, let's call it exchange-mbx1, and had to create a new database under the same Storage Group, exchange-mbx1a, on my Exchange 2000 server. I moved all the the mailboxes from the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, to the new database, exchange-mbx1a. Now the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, is empty and dismounted. I would like to delete the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, are there any steps that need to be taken after deleting the database? Thanks Tim
RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database
Title: Message I think what I'll do is delete the unmounted database, stop and restart the Information Store. That way it won't be referenced in ESM but I'll still have a copy of the database just in case. Tim General Dynamics From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Coleman, HunterSent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:35 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database Right. But you'll still have an instance of the database referenced in ESM, and you'll get errors thrown in the App log when you start the Information Store service, so why not dismount thedatabase and delete it from ESM? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A.Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:27 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database No you can delete it from Windows Explorer if the store is stopped. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mischler Timothy J Contractor NASIC/SCNASent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:22 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database If I'm not mistaken the Information Store has to be started in order to access the Storage Groups through ESM in order to delete a database. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A.Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 9:34 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database I just think you need to stop the information store first -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mischler Timothy J Contractor NASIC/SCNASent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:06 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database I recently had some corruption on one of my Exchange databases, let's call it exchange-mbx1, and had to create a new database under the same Storage Group, exchange-mbx1a, on my Exchange 2000 server. I moved all the the mailboxes from the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, to the new database, exchange-mbx1a. Now the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, is empty and dismounted. I would like to delete the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, are there any steps that need to be taken after deleting the database? Thanks Tim
