RE: Information Store Limit

2001-12-14 Thread Randy Hensel 
Title: Message









We are a publishing company and we deal a
lot with jpg files, most of our clients send them to us via email. We have an FTP server but most clients
are not that tech savvy. A quick
check of who the top offenders are shows that without exception they are the
client contacts who receive these JPG files. These users like to keep these files to refer
to back to when doing new jobs. I
can understand the need to keep them, I just don't
think it is necessary to keep them on the server. For those who say PST files are bad. What would you do? Upgrade to Enterprise, and let
users have unlimited mailbox size? (that's not a
rhetorical question, I understand your reasoning but it doesn't leave
many options) Imposing arbitrary
limits is not going to fly as Frank pointed out. That is something I am considering but
there is a lot of data to purge before I can even consider that.





Randy
 Hensel, MCP,
Network Systems Administrator

Coffey Communications, Inc.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

509.525.0101 Ext. 594

509.525.4793 (Fax)

http://www.coffeycomm.com



-Original Message-
From: John Matteson
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 7:37 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit





You
will end up spending more money for disk space (server side or workstation
side) if you put PST files into the mix. You loose a lot of advantages
for SIS and other things.











Have
you talked to management? What about getting management to back you running
Exchange Mailbox Manager on the server? Thought about running Exmerge against
the store to clear out all the MP3/AVI/MPEG/MOV files that are littering up the
place?









John Matteson; Exchange Manager 
Geac Corporate Infrastructure Systems and Standards

(404) 239 - 2981 

With
sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. - RFC 1925 



-Original Message-
From: Randy Hensel
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001
10:35 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit

I will have to go with
William on this one. I have 147
users the top 10 offenders account for more that 9GB of data. As I see it I have 2 options, Spend
$3300 on an Enterprise upgrade, or set storage quotas and encourage the use of
PST files. Seems like a no brainer
to me, I have 5 users with more than 1GB each. I don't mind users saving every little
email but it seems logical that they should find somewhere else to put them.





Randy
Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator

Coffey
Communications, Inc.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

509.525.0101
Ext. 594

509.525.4793
(Fax)

http://www.coffeycomm.com



-Original Message-
From: Lefkovics, William
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
5:24 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit





What
else you got? ;o)











Not for
primary email storage. Only for archiving.









-Original Message-
From: David N. Precht
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
5:23 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit



but
stable ?





-Original Message-
From: Lefkovics, William
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
19:46
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit



It is a
viable form of email archiving.











William









-Original Message-
From: David N. Precht
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
4:34 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit



as in
don't use them





-Original Message-
From: Randy Hensel
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
19:07
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit

I'm not
sure I can recover that much space, I am planning an upgrade to 2000. I don't have a quota in place it looks
like I will need to implement that as well as plan some formal training on the
use of pst files.





Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator

Coffey Communications, Inc.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

509.525.0101 Ext. 594

509.525.4793 (Fax)

http://www.coffeycomm.com



-Original Message-
From: Lefkovics, William
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
3:59 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit





If you
recover enough space within the database (perhaps 6GB+), an offline defrag
would not be a bad idea. 











Otherwise,
yor plan is certainly sound. Do you have a formal mailbox quota policy in
place?











William









-Original Message-
From: Randy Hensel
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
3:57 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Information Store Limit

I am running Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a
and Exchange 5.5 SP 4 (not Enterprise) I have run up against the 16GB
information store limit. I have
managed to the IS started again and would like to take steps

RE: Information Store Limit

2001-12-14 Thread Randy Hensel 
Title: Message









One of the benefits of a small company is
I can talk directly to the CEO, which I did. His response was we are a growing
company and the trend looks to continue that, so 1. upgrade. 2. Have the managers talk to their
employees about what is should be kept and how long. 3. For those who have stuff they just
can't let go train them in the use of PST files.



Thanks to all who contributed 





Randy
 Hensel, MCP,
Network Systems Administrator





-Original Message-
From: John Matteson
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:32 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit






Depending on how far back this stuff goes, you can look into a message
archiving system, this pulls mail that meet certain criteria (age, size,
whatever) off to tape and leaves you with a link to the data inside the
message. When you need the message back, you click on the message, wait for the
tape to access the data and it gets restored automagically.












As for upgrading to Enterprise, that
would be a solution as well. Management needs to make some decisions.











 Personally, if these
JPG files are in active messages (the business client is current),
then I would kick management to get the upgrade to Enterprise and look
at getting some additional hardware to support the growing mail store.









John Matteson; Exchange Manager 
Geac Corporate Infrastructure Systems and Standards

(404) 239 - 2981 

With
sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. - RFC 1925 



-Original Message-
From: Randy
 Hensel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 11:13 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit

We are a publishing
company and we deal a lot with jpg files, most of our clients send them to us
via email. We have an FTP server
but most clients are not that tech savvy.
A quick check of who the top offenders are shows that without exception
they are the client contacts who receive these JPG files. These users like to keep these files to
refer to back to when doing new jobs.
I can understand the need to keep them, I just don't think it is
necessary to keep them on the server.
For those who say PST files are bad. What would you do? Upgrade to Enterprise, and let
users have unlimited mailbox size? (that's not a rhetorical question, I
understand your reasoning but it doesn't leave many options) Imposing arbitrary limits is not going
to fly as Frank pointed out. That
is something I am considering but there is a lot of data to purge before I can
even consider that.





Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator





-Original Message-
From: John Matteson
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 7:37 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit





You
will end up spending more money for disk space (server side or workstation
side) if you put PST files into the mix. You loose a lot of advantages
for SIS and other things.











Have
you talked to management? What about getting management to back you running
Exchange Mailbox Manager on the server? Thought about running Exmerge against
the store to clear out all the MP3/AVI/MPEG/MOV files that are littering up the
place?









John Matteson; Exchange Manager 
Geac Corporate Infrastructure Systems and Standards

(404) 239 - 2981 

With
sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. - RFC 1925 



-Original Message-
From: Randy
 Hensel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 10:35 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit

I will
have to go with William on this one.
I have 147 users the top 10 offenders account for more that 9GB of
data. As I see it I have 2 options,
Spend $3300 on an Enterprise upgrade, or
set storage quotas and encourage the use of PST files. Seems like a no brainer to me, I have 5
users with more than 1GB each. I
don't mind users saving every little email but it seems logical that they
should find somewhere else to put them.





Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator





-Original Message-
From: Lefkovics, William
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:24 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit





What else
you got? ;o)











Not for
primary email storage. Only for archiving.









-Original Message-
From: David N. Precht
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:23 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store Limit



but
stable ?





-Original Message-
From: Lefkovics, William
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 19:46
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit



It is a
viable form of email archiving.











William









-Original Message-
From: David N. Precht
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:34 PM

RE: Information Store Limit

2001-12-14 Thread Randy Hensel 

Yes

Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator
Coffey Communications, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
509.525.0101 Ext. 594
509.525.4793 (Fax)
http://www.coffeycomm.com


-Original Message-
From: David N Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 7:41 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store Limit

Do you run backups of workstations ?

--- Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
 Agreed. While PST does = BAD, there can be a time
 and place. This sounds
 like it.
 I would also let them know they are keeping it on
 the local machine. If they
 want to abuse resources, let them abuse their own.
 -Original Message-
 From: Randy Hensel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
 Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 7:35 AM
 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
 
 
 I will have to go with William on this one.  I have
 147 users the top 10
 offenders account for more that 9GB of data.  As I
 see it I have 2 options,
 Spend $3300 on an Enterprise upgrade, or set storage
 quotas and encourage
 the use of PST files.  Seems like a no brainer to
 me, I have 5 users with
 more than 1GB each.  I don't mind users saving every
 little email but it
 seems logical that they should find somewhere else
 to put them.
  
 Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator
 Coffey Communications, Inc.
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 509.525.0101 Ext. 594
 509.525.4793 (Fax)
  http://www.coffeycomm.com/
 http://www.coffeycomm.com
 -Original Message-
 From: Lefkovics, William
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
 Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:24 PM
 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
  
 What else you got? ;o)
  
 Not for primary email storage.  Only for archiving.
  
 -Original Message-
 From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:23 PM
 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
 but stable ?
 -Original Message-
 From: Lefkovics, William
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
 Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 19:46
 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
 It is a viable form of email archiving.
  
 William
  
 -Original Message-
 From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:34 PM
 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
 as in don't use them
 -Original Message-
 From: Randy Hensel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
 Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 19:07
 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
 I'm not sure I can recover that much space, I am
 planning an upgrade to
 2000.  I don't have a quota in place it looks like I
 will need to implement
 that as well as plan some formal training on the use
 of pst files.
  
 Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator
 Coffey Communications, Inc.
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 509.525.0101 Ext. 594
 509.525.4793 (Fax)
  http://www.coffeycomm.com/
 http://www.coffeycomm.com
 -Original Message-
 From: Lefkovics, William
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
 Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:59 PM
 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
  
 If you recover enough space within the database
 (perhaps 6GB+), an offline
 defrag would not be a bad idea.  
  
 Otherwise, yor plan is certainly sound.  Do you have
 a formal mailbox quota
 policy in place?
  
 William
  
 -Original Message-
 From: Randy Hensel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:57 PM
 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
 Subject: Information Store Limit
 I am running Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a and Exchange 5.5
 SP 4 (not Enterprise) I
 have run up against the 16GB information store
 limit.  I have managed to the
 IS started again and would like to take steps to
 reduce the IS size.  My
 plan is to:
  
 1.  Move data to PST files 
 2.  delete unused mailboxes 
 3.  reduce deleted item retention 
  
 Is this a good plan? Should I also do an off line
 defrag? Any thing else? 
  
 Thanks
  
 Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator
 Coffey Communications, Inc.
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 509.525.0101 Ext. 594
 509.525.4793 (Fax)
  http://www.coffeycomm.com/
 http://www.coffeycomm.com
  
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RE: Apple connection to Exchange

2001-12-14 Thread Randy Hensel 
Title: Message









You don't need SFM on you Exchange
server. I had a similar problem
with a remote user when he put the IP add or dns name
of the server in the server field it would resolve the name and replace the
name with just Exchange ( the name of the server)
underlined so it appeared to be resolving the name at the profile creation
stage yet when he tried to open Outlook it would fail. The problem was that DHCP was not fully
configuring his IP settings, other IP apps like IE still worked though. I had to fill in the DNS and the domain
suffix fields manually.





Randy
 Hensel, MCP,
Network Systems Administrator

Coffey Communications, Inc.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

509.525.0101 Ext. 594

509.525.4793 (Fax)

http://www.coffeycomm.com



-Original Message-
From: Keith Nelson
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:15 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Apple connection to
Exchange





I believe that Outlook
2001 sends an encrypted password. But SFM only does clear text unless you us
Microsoft's UAM.











Jim, no problem. I have
50/50 Mac/PC and I would love to toss the macs right now. Haven't messed with
Apple's new OS but apple's currently not focused on network support and the OS
X doesn't have the Apps we need yet. However now that Office X and Final Cut
Pro 3 are out we may look into OS X, Now microsoft just needs to release an OS
X version of Outlook.











Keith





-Original Message-
From: Brent Hudson
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
6:17 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Apple connection to
Exchange



Sounds like it could be a
password problem.. remember MACs can only send in clear text.. try this
direction..











HTH





Brent





-Original Message-
From: Zangara, Jim
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 14 December 2001 08:08
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Apple connection to
Exchange



Keith -











Thanks - sorry if I
sounded frustrated - two very vocal users and I guess ignorance breeds contempt
as far as MACs go for me. 











Using Outlook 2001 - when
I resolve the name I start with IP and Alias and resolve to Computer Name and
User name.











Static IP address even on
the same subnet plugged into the same switch as the exchange server.











Not sure about the domain
in the Additional Search Domains will check that first thing in the
morning. Already have the ticket open with PSS - boss didn't care - we
will just get in the queue in the morning if this doesn't resolve it.











Thanks for the advice!





























-Original Message-
From: Keith Nelson
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
10:00 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Apple connection to
Exchange



Jim,





Did you get your problem
resolved?





If not are you using
Outlook 2001 or Outlook 8.x.





If your using the old
version try Outlook 2001 from http://www.microsoft.com/mac/





Also are you resolving
the names using DNS. If so how are the macs getting their IP address, DHCP or
static?





On the Mac in the TCP/IP
control panel do you have your domain name in the Additional Search domains. If
not it might help having it there.











I hope this info helps. I
started off as a mac person and still consider them real computers. However I
don't think they are real network clients just like win9x isn't a real network
client.











Keith Nelson
Network Administrator
Orange County High School of the Arts
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(714) 560-0900 ex5910 





-Original Message-
From: Zangara, Jim
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
3:41 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Apple connection to
Exchange









Didn't want to stay on
hold but they have an entire MAC/Exchange group! I was way surprised.

















-Original Message-
From: David N. Precht
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
6:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Apple connection to
Exchange



they might say DUDE, you
are SO not supported for 245$





-Original Message-
From: Zangara, Jim
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
21:34
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Apple connection to
Exchange



thanks - no dashes and using Outlook
not the MAC client and the names do resolve - just can't open.











I am calling PSS - see if they have
any ideas.















Jim Zangara, MCSE+I 
IT Manager
Special Projects Engineer 
Premiere Radio Networks 
A Division of Clear Channel Communications

15260 Ventura Blvd Suite 500 
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 
Direct: (818) 461-8620 
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]




-Original Message-
From: David N. Precht
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
6:31 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Apple connection to
Exchange



http://support.microsoft.com

RE: Information Store Limit

2001-12-14 Thread Randy Hensel 

On the Macs with Retrospect I can let users specify what to back up, PCs I
do a complete backup.

Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator
Coffey Communications, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
509.525.0101 Ext. 594
509.525.4793 (Fax)
http://www.coffeycomm.com


-Original Message-
From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 1:43 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Information Store Limit

All of the folders/partitions ?
How many users ?

- Original Message - 
From: Randy Hensel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 16:20 
Subject: RE: Information Store Limit


 Yes
 
 Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator
 Coffey Communications, Inc.
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 509.525.0101 Ext. 594
 509.525.4793 (Fax)
 http://www.coffeycomm.com
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: David N Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
 Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 7:41 AM
 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
 Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
 
 Do you run backups of workstations ?
 
 --- Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
  Agreed. While PST does = BAD, there can be a time
  and place. This sounds
  like it.
  I would also let them know they are keeping it on
  the local machine. If they
  want to abuse resources, let them abuse their own.
  -Original Message-
  From: Randy Hensel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
  Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 7:35 AM
  To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
  
  
  I will have to go with William on this one.  I have
  147 users the top 10
  offenders account for more that 9GB of data.  As I
  see it I have 2 options,
  Spend $3300 on an Enterprise upgrade, or set storage
  quotas and encourage
  the use of PST files.  Seems like a no brainer to
  me, I have 5 users with
  more than 1GB each.  I don't mind users saving every
  little email but it
  seems logical that they should find somewhere else
  to put them.
   
  Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator
  Coffey Communications, Inc.
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  509.525.0101 Ext. 594
  509.525.4793 (Fax)
   http://www.coffeycomm.com/
  http://www.coffeycomm.com
  -Original Message-
  From: Lefkovics, William
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
  Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:24 PM
  To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
   
  What else you got? ;o)
   
  Not for primary email storage.  Only for archiving.
   
  -Original Message-
  From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
  Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:23 PM
  To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
  but stable ?
  -Original Message-
  From: Lefkovics, William
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
  Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 19:46
  To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
  It is a viable form of email archiving.
   
  William
   
  -Original Message-
  From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
  Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:34 PM
  To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
  as in don't use them
  -Original Message-
  From: Randy Hensel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
  Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 19:07
  To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
  I'm not sure I can recover that much space, I am
  planning an upgrade to
  2000.  I don't have a quota in place it looks like I
  will need to implement
  that as well as plan some formal training on the use
  of pst files.
   
  Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator
  Coffey Communications, Inc.
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  509.525.0101 Ext. 594
  509.525.4793 (Fax)
   http://www.coffeycomm.com/
  http://www.coffeycomm.com
  -Original Message-
  From: Lefkovics, William
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
  Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:59 PM
  To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
  Subject: RE: Information Store Limit
   
  If you recover enough space within the database
  (perhaps 6GB+), an offline
  defrag would not be a bad idea.  
   
  Otherwise, yor plan is certainly sound.  Do you have
  a formal mailbox quota
  policy in place?
   
  William
   
  -Original Message-
  From: Randy Hensel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
  Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:57 PM
  To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
  Subject: Information Store Limit
  I am running Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a and Exchange 5.5
  SP 4 (not Enterprise) I
  have run up against the 16GB information store
  limit.  I have managed to the
  IS started again and would like to take steps to
  reduce the IS size.  My
  plan is to:
   
  1.  Move data to PST files 
  2.  delete unused mailboxes 
  3.  reduce deleted item retention 
   
  Is this a good plan? Should I also do an off line
  defrag? Any thing else? 
   
  Thanks
   
  Randy Hensel, MCP

Information Store Limit

2001-12-13 Thread Randy Hensel 








I am running Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a and Exchange 5.5 SP 4 (not
Enterprise) I have run up against the 16GB information store
limit. I have managed to the IS
started again and would like to take steps to reduce the IS size. My plan is to:




 Move
 data to PST files
 delete
 unused mailboxes
 reduce
 deleted item retention




Is this a good plan? Should I also
do an off line defrag? Any thing else? 



Thanks



Randy Hensel, MCP,
Network Systems Administrator

Coffey Communications, Inc.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

509.525.0101 Ext. 594

509.525.4793 (Fax)

http://www.coffeycomm.com






List Charter and FAQ at:
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RE: Information Store Limit

2001-12-13 Thread Randy Hensel 
Title: Message









I have a new server here just waiting for
me to install 2000, but I don't have enterprise. Does 2000 still have the same limit?





Randy Hensel, MCP,
Network Systems Administrator

Coffey Communications, Inc.

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-Original Message-
From: Martin Blackstone
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:57 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
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Any chance of upgrading
to Enterprise??
Obviously your solution while it will work but is short sighted. This will
happen again, and again, and you will be stuck each time.





-Original Message-
From: Randy Hensel
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:57 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Information Store Limit

I am running Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a
and Exchange 5.5 SP 4 (not Enterprise) I have run up against the 16GB
information store limit. I have managed
to the IS started again and would like to take steps to reduce the IS
size. My plan is to:



1. Move data to PST files


2. delete unused mailboxes


3. reduce deleted item retention




Is this a good plan? Should I also
do an off line defrag? Any thing else? 



Thanks



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RE: Information Store Limit

2001-12-13 Thread Randy Hensel 









I'm not sure I can recover that much
space, I am planning an upgrade to 2000. I don't have a quota in place it looks
like I will need to implement that as well as plan some formal training on the
use of pst files.





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-Original Message-
From: Lefkovics, William
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:59 PM
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Subject: RE: Information Store
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If you recover enough
space within the database (perhaps 6GB+), an offline defrag would not be a bad
idea. 











Otherwise, yor plan is
certainly sound. Do you have a formal mailbox quota policy in place?











William









-Original Message-
From: Randy Hensel
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:57 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Information Store Limit

I am running Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a
and Exchange 5.5 SP 4 (not Enterprise) I have run up against the 16GB
information store limit. I have managed
to the IS started again and would like to take steps to reduce the IS
size. My plan is to:



1. Move data to PST files


2. delete unused mailboxes


3. reduce deleted item retention




Is this a good plan? Should I also
do an off line defrag? Any thing else? 



Thanks



Randy
Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator

Coffey
Communications, Inc.

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509.525.0101
Ext. 594

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(Fax)

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RE: Information Store Limit

2001-12-13 Thread Randy Hensel 
Title: Message









Why do you say don't use them? I assume you are referring to pst files.





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-Original Message-
From: David N. Precht
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:34 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
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as in don't use them





-Original Message-
From: Randy Hensel
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 19:07
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit

I'm not sure I can
recover that much space, I am planning an upgrade to 2000. I don't have a quota in place it looks like I
will need to implement that as well as plan some formal training on the use of
pst files.





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Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator

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-Original Message-
From: Lefkovics, William
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:59 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store
Limit





If you
recover enough space within the database (perhaps 6GB+), an offline defrag
would not be a bad idea. 











Otherwise,
yor plan is certainly sound. Do you have a formal mailbox quota policy in
place?











William









-Original Message-
From: Randy Hensel
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:57 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Information Store Limit

I am running Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a
and Exchange 5.5 SP 4 (not Enterprise) I have run up against the 16GB
information store limit. I have managed
to the IS started again and would like to take steps to reduce the IS
size. My plan is to:



1. Move data to PST files


2. delete unused mailboxes


3. reduce deleted item retention




Is this a good plan? Should I also
do an off line defrag? Any thing else? 



Thanks



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Coffey Communications, Inc.

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RE: OT - Pix Firewalls

2001-10-31 Thread Randy Hensel 









Make sure you purchase the maintenance,
Cisco has a very good support but it is only available during the warranty
period (90 days) or if you have purchased a maintenance contract. Check out their web site for
documentation as well as information on PIX training.





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-Original Message-
From: Karen Palmer
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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 7:42 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: OT - Pix Firewalls





This is off topic, but
since you mentioned Pix Firewalls, thought this would be a good place to
ask. Our new network manager has ordered a Pix Firewall. We will be
dropping our managed security and doing this ourselves. It will be a
great learning experience, but none of us have ever worked with this product,
or handledsecurity, FTM. Can anyone point me to some good learning
material on how to configure and manage a Pix Firewall? 











Karen Palmer





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