RE: Manual DB maintenance
Title: Message Thanks, I am very familiar with the info presented there. What I was interested in knowing is if there is some bit of arcane info specifically about Exchange DB's and raid types that I should be considering. -Mike -Original Message-From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 12:24 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Manual DB maintenance Go read this. It will answer your questions and you should be able to come up with a good decision. http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00.html -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 6:53 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Manual DB maintenance On the subject of more drives, what raid config is best from a performance standpoint for my DB? Are there any other considerations besides raw performance that I need to take into account? I like Raid1 because you don't get a performance hit if you lose a drive, unlike a Raid5 array. But does Raid5 perform better for some reason that I'm overlooking? -Mike -Original Message-From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 5:40 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Manual DB maintenance Why? They are just going to use it up again. You need to get more drives though. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 2:42 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Manual DB maintenance Exchange 5.5 SP4 on NT 4 SP5 Dell PE6300. Only have 12 MB free disk space on DB partition. Deleted Item Retention set to 0 days. I know that Exchange runs db maint automagically, but can I fire it off manually? I just had users delete 500+ MB and want to reclaim disk space fast. -MikeList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: mail forward
Even better use the Blackberry Enterprise Server. Synchs inbox and calendar wirelessly in both directions. When you send or respond or forward it is addressed from your exchange address, not the Blackberry email address. *** Michael K. Brownell Senior Network Administrator Express Messenger Systems/California Overnight Support Desk: 888.594.6306 Office : 602.333.4401 Cell : 602.315.5668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** -Original Message- From: Luis Esteves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: mail forward Hi everybody. I'm in the final stages of seting up an Exchange2000 server and I'm kinda' stumped with something I hope is pretty basic. We have 4 employees here that have e-mail pagers. I want all incoming e-mail to be delivered to their exchange mailbox and be automatically forwarded to their Blackberry account. I suspect that this is handled in the 'recipient policies' but TIA, - Luis Esteves Digital Connexxions Corp. Network Administrator Tel: (905) 338-8355 Cell: (905) 334-7448 http://www.dconx.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Exchange over a SAN
Title: Message I believe it's NAS that MS won't support for Exchange. -Mike -Original Message-From: Jamison, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 10:04 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Exchange over a SAN You are correct!! I too have an Exchange 2K server clustered on a SAN. (Compaq - StorageWorks) It is not a requirement to implement a SAN for your cluster. It give you the ability to work with your storage more effectively. With the Compaq SAN and several tools you do have the option to grow your storage on the fly!! NOTE: Microsoft does support SAN's with Exchange Chris -Original Message-From: Arnold, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:47 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Exchange over a SAN Why is the SAN a *must* for cluster? You could easily do a cluster with a standard Powervault and SCSI. J -Original Message-From: Violette, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:28 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Exchange over a SAN Sorry for the delay on the elaboration. Got pulled away. Here is our story: At the University of North Carolina at Wilmington we are moving from VMS based (pop/imap) mail system to Exchange and Outlook. We are running a Dell SAN over Fibre Channel and Dell PV servers. The SAN adds an extra level of complexity but is a must for clustered environment. Depending on the SAN you are implementing and its "ability" to have lun and or partition sizes changed on the fly, the "virtual" disk size planning plays a major role. With our SAN we cannot grow the partition on the fly. Any growth will require: downing of E2K, a GOOD backup, rebuilding of the LUN and partitions used, re-presentation of the luns, getting W2K to ID the proper LUNs, data restore, much prayer, bring E2K up. In short leave yourself plenty of room. I am currently allotting only .25 of available space to the mailboxes. The system default mailbox size is 20MB. There is a separate partition/lun for each of the 2 nodes in the cluster and another for the public store. The HBA's to connect to the SAN had issues with W2K SP2 and fail over would not work, this has been fixed (about mid year). A thorough understanding of the SAN and its fabrics is very necessary, Don't just have and outsourced implementation team come in and set it up, this will kill you if you need to troubleshoot. I can give more info to the list later if needed or offline. The quick synopsis: E2K on active-active cluster Quorum, logsx2,priv.edbx2, & pub.edb are on SAN partitions NLB Front-End/OWA 2 node "cluster" Hope this a start for any questions, I can give a more "formal" elaboration after the weekend (taking some time off) --Kevin UNCW -Original Message-From: Arnold, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 7:22 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Exchange over a SAN Care to elaborate? You sound like you have much to tell. J -Original Message-From: Violette, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 6:10 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Exchange over a SAN We are running Exchange 2000 on a SAN. Words of wisdomDo your homework and plan your SAN luns/parts to be used with exchange carefully. Kevin UNCW -Original Message-From: Karen Palmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:20 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Exchange over a SAN William's message woke me right up. Our new Exchange server will be on a SAN. (gulp) Does anyone on the list have an Exchange/SAN setup and, if so, any words of wisdom? Karen Palmer SCJD -Original Message-From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:39 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Error when backing up Exch. 5.5 (using MS backup) Wait. I missed that. Microsoft does not support Exchange over a SAN. I realize that may not be your issue here, but it mi
RE: Exchange Topology tool
We are running 5.5 SP4 on NT4 SP5 and I ran it without problem from my XP Pro box as well. -Original Message- From: EALES, Jack / RSAIFS - IOM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 1:48 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Topology tool I ran it without a problem from a Win2K pro box to a bunch of NT4 Sp5 & Exchange 5.5 Sp3 servers so Sp6 shouldn't be an issue from NT's point of view... What SP is your Exchange server at? Is LDAP enabled? -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 December 2001 18:16 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange Topology tool try SP6...and Access to an Exchange server with LDAP Protocol Support. Exchange Server 5.5 or higher is necessary. is a prereq. - Original Message - From: "Douglas Hull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 11:12 Subject: RE: Exchange Topology tool > I keep getting an error when I try to run exMap. "Unable to Open > Connection through the Active Directory Provider". I don't have AD!! I > have Exchange 5.5 on NT4 SP5 and I'm running exmap on my win2K pro pc. > Any ideas? I initially thought it only worked with AD but apparently > thats not true. > > > Exmap is a great free tool - it does what it says. Easy and quick, > all you > > need is Visio. > > I have a nice big printout of my Exchange Org. posted above my desk. Our > > org. isn't very complex, but its nice to see all the sites and > > different connectors represented graphically. > > > > -Jim > > > > -Original Message- > > From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 4:16 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Exchange Topology tool > > > > > > Looks like a great tool... Anybody care to comment on its good or > > bad points > > ? > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Jim Holmgren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 12:18 > > Subject: RE: Exchange Topology tool > > > > > > > Quick search at www.microsoft.com for "Exmap" reveals (may be > > > wrapped): > > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechn > > > ol/exchange/downloads/topology.asp > > > > > > Jim Holmgren MCSE, CCNA > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Network Engineer > > > Advertising.com > > > > > > We bring innovation to interactive communication. Advertising.com > > > -- Superior Technology. Superior Performance. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: EALES, Jack / RSAIFS - IOM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 12:09 PM > > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > Subject: RE: Exchange Topology tool > > > > > > > > > which is available where?? > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: 14 December 2001 15:01 > > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > Subject: RE: Exchange Topology tool > > > > > > > > > THIS MESSAGE ORIGINATED ON THE INTERNET - Please read the detailed > > > disclaimer below. > > > -- > > > > > > > > > Exmap will do the trick for 5.5 > > > > > > > > > -Jim > > > > > > Jim Holmgren MCSE, CCNA > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Network Engineer > > > Advertising.com > > > > > > We bring innovation to interactive communication. Advertising.com > > > -- Superior Technology. Superior Performance. > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Douglas Hull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:51 AM > > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > Subject: Exchange Topology tool > > > > > > > > > Does anybody know of a tool that will generate a visio diagram of > > > your exchange topology? I found one on the MS website but it only > > > works with active directory. I am using Exchange 5.5 on a mixture > > > on W2K and NT boxes in our organization without AD. > > > > > > Many thanks. > > > Doug > > > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > > > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > *** > > > The information transmitted in this email is intended only for the > > > person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > > > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, > > > retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any > > > action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities > > > other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received > > > this email in error, please contact the sender and permanently > > > delete the email from any computer. > > > > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > > > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Exchange re-org
I am in need of references that explain adding a new Ex server and moving the users, connectors etc from the bridgehead server to it, then retiring the bridgehead server. We are running 5.5SP4 on NT4 SP5 in an NT4 Domain. New Server will be EX 5.5 SP4 on W2K SP2 in the same NT4 domain. I have been to Slipstick and thence MS TechNet already, I just wanted to know of any other resources I should be looking at. Thanks! *** Michael K. Brownell Senior Network Administrator Express Messenger Systems/California Overnight Support Desk: 888.594.6306 Office : 602.333.4401 Cell : 602.315.5668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
Priv DB size problem?
I noticed this morning that the priv.edb on one of my Exchange boxen (nt40sp5 Ex55sp4) had grown to the point that there was only 35 MB of disk space left! I immediately deleted up any old accounts (250MB worth) and asked users to do some housekeeping as well. I then turned off deleted item retention (had been set to 7 days). IS Maint was normally set between 3 and 6 AM - I reset this to always. Am I insane to think that online defragmentation can help at this point? (one can always hope). List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Priv DB size problem?
Turns out I was able to get 800 MB of whitespace after IS Maint. Still have 35MB free disk space. Will compact this weekend. This wasn't a matter of sudden explosive growth but instead of negligence. I just happened to install a demo copy of Spotlight on Exchange and it started alarming immediately. Caught it in proverbial nick of time. Thanks to all. -Original Message- From: Bill Higgins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 7:28 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Priv DB size problem? how much whitespace do you have? Even though you have asked your users to do some housecleaning, check to see who the largest offenders are and gibe them a hand cleaning. Also, how big is your IS? what was it before the growth? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 18:54 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Priv DB size problem? I noticed this morning that the priv.edb on one of my Exchange boxen (nt40sp5 Ex55sp4) had grown to the point that there was only 35 MB of disk space left! I immediately deleted up any old accounts (250MB worth) and asked users to do some housekeeping as well. I then turned off deleted item retention (had been set to 7 days). IS Maint was normally set between 3 and 6 AM - I reset this to always. Am I insane to think that online defragmentation can help at this point? (one can always hope). List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
Manual DB maintenance
Title: Message Exchange 5.5 SP4 on NT 4 SP5 Dell PE6300. Only have 12 MB free disk space on DB partition. Deleted Item Retention set to 0 days. I know that Exchange runs db maint automagically, but can I fire it off manually? I just had users delete 500+ MB and want to reclaim disk space fast. -Mike List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Eseutil
Title: Message What, pray tell does the MVP moniker mean? Is it some sort of cert? is it shameless self promotion? ;) -Mike -Original Message-From: Scott Schnoll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 1:11 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Re: Eseutil Thanks, William. Actually, for the past four years I *was* a Windows NT/2000 MVP, but this year I am an Exchange MVP. Oh, and its Schnoll, not Scholl. :-) Exchange 2000 Server: The Complete Reference - ISBN 0072127392 :-) - Original Message - From: Lefkovics, William To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:33 AM Subject: RE: Eseutil For those that do not know, Scott Scholl is a Windows2000/NTServer MVP and co-author of Exchange2000 Server:the Complete Reference. William -Original Message-From: Scott Schnoll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:57 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Re: Eseutil Well, to be more specific Exchange's online defragmentation is great for defragmenting and reclaiming white space; however, this process does not reduce the size of the database file. So, if you move a large amount of data from your databases (e.g., you purge a whole lot of messages; you move a whole lot of mailboxes; etc.) then performing an offline defragmentation using ESEUTIL is completely acceptable maintenance that does not need the hand-holding or blessing of PSS to perform. If you aren't move large amounts of data out of your databases, and you aren't running into any storage limitations (e.g., because you are running Standard or because you're running out of disk space), then running ESEUTIL won't provide much, if any, benefits. So, whether or not this is a regular maintenance tool really depends on your environment. For the large majority of Exchange orgs, it probably won't be a regular maintenance tool. My $.02. -- Regards, Scott Schnoll - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:21 AM Subject: RE: Eseutil Only use it if you are directed to by PSS, or if you are using the standard edition of Exchange 5.5 and are running into the 16GB limit. Exchange handles online defrag quite well so there should be no need to run and offline defrag unless you are running into the 16GB limit on Standard Edition. -Original Message-From: Dimitri Limanovski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:13 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Eseutil So what is the best practice with defragmentation? MS says that "ESEUITL is not considered a tool for regular maintenance and should only be used in case of emergency after contacting Microsoft Technical Support". On the other hand, there're people here that use it on monthly basis! So, to use or not to use? -Original Message-From: Kopec, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:41 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Eseutil This statement is NOT entirely accurate. Try the following syntax and you can direct wherever you want including mapped drives. For example, C:\exchsrver/bin>eseutil /d /ispriv /tf:\tempedb.edb. Notice, there is no space between the /t and the drive you wish to defrag on. -Original Message-From: Abercrombie, Sherry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 9:23 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Eseutil I'm not familiar with E2K, but on 5.5 I regularly (read monthly) run eseutil. I run it because that is the ONLY way to regain space in the Exchange DB that has been freed up by messages being deleted etc. If I did not do this on a regular basis I would hit the Exchange 5.5 IS limit. I would guess that it would be /t f:/tempedb.edb or what ever you plan to use for the defrag. It may not work, it doesn't work in 5.5 when you try to redirect the temp database, it must run on the same physical drive that it is stored. Good luck. Sherry -Original Message-From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:
RE: Manual DB maintenance
Title: Message On the subject of more drives, what raid config is best from a performance standpoint for my DB? Are there any other considerations besides raw performance that I need to take into account? I like Raid1 because you don't get a performance hit if you lose a drive, unlike a Raid5 array. But does Raid5 perform better for some reason that I'm overlooking? -Mike -Original Message-From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 5:40 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Manual DB maintenance Why? They are just going to use it up again. You need to get more drives though. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 2:42 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Manual DB maintenance Exchange 5.5 SP4 on NT 4 SP5 Dell PE6300. Only have 12 MB free disk space on DB partition. Deleted Item Retention set to 0 days. I know that Exchange runs db maint automagically, but can I fire it off manually? I just had users delete 500+ MB and want to reclaim disk space fast. -MikeList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
