RE: Tracking disk space consumption
I would use windirstat or treesize to find out where the greatest % of space is being used if you want to look simply at the file system as a whole. However, it sounds like you have other issues, are your logs truncating? Greg From: Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2008 7:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: Tracking disk space consumption
Do you mean your db is growing 2 GB a day? On Jan 30, 2008 3:54 AM, Doige, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: Tracking disk space consumption
The backup job is taking care of the logs. We are in a very busy period, and I can see this volume of email being realistic. I am just trying to get a handle on individual mailbox growth so that if there is a training issue etc that needs addressing I can. Thanks On 30/01/2008, Greg Mulholland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would use windirstat or treesize to find out where the greatest % of space is being used if you want to look simply at the file system as a whole. However, it sounds like you have other issues, are your logs truncating? Greg *From:* Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, 30 January 2008 7:54 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance *Clayton Doige* IT Project Manager *C**M**E** Development Corporation* T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Tracking disk space consumption
We had a similar issue that we couldn't diagnose - out IS stores were increasing by the minute- ended up moving all users to a new IS and that fixed it - May have been related to messages in the temp tables Regards Fergal O'Connell ICT Support Cúram Software Phone : +353 1 4323212 Emailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 January 2008 08:54 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.comhttp://www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you are not the intended addressee please contact the sender and dispose of this e-mail. Thank you. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: Tracking disk space consumption
It sounds like a storage issue, then. Huge attachments? I would probably do the training anyway. On Jan 30, 2008 7:19 AM, Clayton Doige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The backup job is taking care of the logs. We are in a very busy period, and I can see this volume of email being realistic. I am just trying to get a handle on individual mailbox growth so that if there is a training issue etc that needs addressing I can. Thanks On 30/01/2008, Greg Mulholland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would use windirstat or treesize to find out where the greatest % of space is being used if you want to look simply at the file system as a whole. However, it sounds like you have other issues, are your logs truncating? Greg From: Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2008 7:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: Tracking disk space consumption
Can you use ESEUTIL to do an offline defrag, but use a network drive to do the expansion etc? We have 5 stores that are all bigger than the amount of free space on the volume. On 30/01/2008, Fergal O Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We had a similar issue that we couldn't diagnose – out IS stores were increasing by the minute– ended up moving all users to a new IS and that fixed it – May have been related to messages in the temp tables Regards Fergal O'Connell ICT Support Cúram Software Phone : +353 1 4323212 Emailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 30 January 2008 08:54 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance *Clayton Doige* IT Project Manager *C**M**E** Development Corporation* T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you are not the intended addressee please contact the sender and dispose of this e-mail. Thank you. -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Tracking disk space consumption
Do you have IMF enabled and set to archive? If not cleaned up, the UCEArchive Folder can grow pretty quick. You can ESEutil defrag to a usb drive. It will be a little slower, be sure to use USB 2.0 or eSata if you can. From: Pierre Plamondon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:12 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: Tracking disk space consumption
How much free space would you be able to recover? If your users are reusing that space, it would be better to leave it as is. On Jan 30, 2008 7:49 AM, Clayton Doige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you use ESEUTIL to do an offline defrag, but use a network drive to do the expansion etc? We have 5 stores that are all bigger than the amount of free space on the volume. On 30/01/2008, Fergal O Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We had a similar issue that we couldn't diagnose – out IS stores were increasing by the minute– ended up moving all users to a new IS and that fixed it – May have been related to messages in the temp tables Regards Fergal O'Connell ICT Support Cúram Software Phone : +353 1 4323212 Emailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 January 2008 08:54 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Tracking disk space consumption Sent: 30 January 2008 08:54 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. 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. If you are not the intended addressee please contact the sender and dispose of this e-mail. Thank you. -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: Tracking disk space consumption
That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre -- *De :* Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Envoyé :* 30 janvier 2008 03:54 *À :* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Objet :* Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance *Clayton Doige* IT Project Manager *C**M**E** Development Corporation* T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Tracking disk space consumption
Long story, but USB is not an option in our case, thus asking about a mapped drive or unc path J Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 January 2008 14:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Do you have IMF enabled and set to archive? If not cleaned up, the UCEArchive Folder can grow pretty quick. You can ESEutil defrag to a usb drive. It will be a little slower, be sure to use USB 2.0 or eSata if you can. From: Pierre Plamondon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:12 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. __ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Tracking disk space consumption
Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Tracking disk space consumption
Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-f or-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre _ De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com/ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Tracking disk space consumption
Great, many thanks! Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 January 2008 14:17 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption I use this script to get a daily snapshot of mailboxes. You could output the data into excel or access and track it from there. http://techtasks.com/code/viewbookcode/229 From: Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:54 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. __ This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Tracking disk space consumption
Rather than make a screen shot in system manager, why not just click the export button and dump it to a CSV file? But I think Chris Blair's suggestion of using http://techtasks.com/code/viewbookcode/229 is better. But, I'd mod it to write to a CSV instead of the pop up dialogs... Jeff From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 6:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com/ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Tracking disk space consumption
Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-for-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com/ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Tracking disk space consumption
You have to dot-source (pre-pend ./) to run. eg. ./mailbox.ps1 Within the Powershell command window this also works for any file type that has a Windows association set. Running ./file.txt will open up file.txt in Notepad (if it exists), running ./file.csv will open file.csv in Excel, etc. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-for-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com/ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. ** ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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Now it tells me that the execution of scripts is disabled on this system and to run get-help about signing __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You have to dot-source (pre-pend ./) to run. eg. ./mailbox.ps1 Within the Powershell command window this also works for any file type that has a Windows association set. Running ./file.txt will open up file.txt in Notepad (if it exists), running ./file.csv will open file.csv in Excel, etc. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-for-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com/ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer
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HYPERLINK http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htmhttp://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm Joe Heaton From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:16 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Now it tells me that the execution of scripts is disabled on this system and to run get-help about signing __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You have to dot-source (pre-pend ./) to run. eg. ./mailbox.ps1 Within the Powershell command window this also works for any file type that has a Windows association set. Running ./file.txt will open up file.txt in Notepad (if it exists), running ./file.csv will open file.csv in Excel, etc. _ From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-for-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre _ De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] W:HYPERLINK http://www.cetv-net.com/; \nwww.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] HYPERLINK http://alsipius.comhttp://alsipius.com This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient
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Ok, ok, so I was going so say signing! __ Stefan Jafs From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm Joe Heaton From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:16 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Now it tells me that the execution of scripts is disabled on this system and to run get-help about signing __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You have to dot-source (pre-pend ./) to run. eg. ./mailbox.ps1 Within the Powershell command window this also works for any file type that has a Windows association set. Running ./file.txt will open up file.txt in Notepad (if it exists), running ./file.csv will open file.csv in Excel, etc. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-for-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com/ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from
RE: Tracking disk space consumption
Sorry Stefan, I don't usually do the completely non-useful replies, but I'm in a weird mood today... Joe Heaton From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:22 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Ok, ok, so I was going so say signing! __ Stefan Jafs From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption HYPERLINK http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htmhttp://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm Joe Heaton From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:16 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Now it tells me that the execution of scripts is disabled on this system and to run get-help about signing __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You have to dot-source (pre-pend ./) to run. eg. ./mailbox.ps1 Within the Powershell command window this also works for any file type that has a Windows association set. Running ./file.txt will open up file.txt in Notepad (if it exists), running ./file.csv will open file.csv in Excel, etc. _ From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-for-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre _ De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] W:HYPERLINK http://www.cetv-net.com/; \nwww.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] HYPERLINK http://alsipius.comhttp://alsipius.com This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author
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You'll need to run that command on any new installation of PowerShell before it will run scripts from the command line. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Thanks, that did it. __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Run this: Set-executionpolicy remotesigned From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Now it tells me that the execution of scripts is disabled on this system and to run get-help about signing __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You have to dot-source (pre-pend ./) to run. eg. ./mailbox.ps1 Within the Powershell command window this also works for any file type that has a Windows association set. Running ./file.txt will open up file.txt in Notepad (if it exists), running ./file.csv will open file.csv in Excel, etc. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-for-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com/ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot
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Sorry, Ive been off writing todays blog post on SharePoint licensing. That required my full concentration. And now I have a headache. :-P http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/01/30/SharePoint -Licensing.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Thanks, that did it. __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Run this: Set-executionpolicy remotesigned _ From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Now it tells me that the execution of scripts is disabled on this system and to run get-help about signing __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You have to dot-source (pre-pend ./) to run. eg. ./mailbox.ps1 Within the Powershell command window this also works for any file type that has a Windows association set. Running ./file.txt will open up file.txt in Notepad (if it exists), running ./file.csv will open file.csv in Excel, etc. _ From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-f or-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre _ De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com/ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been
RE: Tracking disk space consumption
Param ( [string]$dc = adc.amico.com, [string]$exchange = mail.amico.com __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption How did you update your DC and Exchange server variables? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:34 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Thanks, now it runs but with the following error: PS C:\temp c:\temp\mailbox.ps1 Mailbox name Mailbox size Item count Deleted s ize === === An exception was thrown when trying to enumerate the collection: A referral wa s returned from the server. . At C:\temp\mailbox.ps1:94 char:8 + foreach ($kid in $domain.psbase.children) === === 0 mailboxes 0 KB0 0 KB PS C:\temp __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You'll need to run that command on any new installation of PowerShell before it will run scripts from the command line. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Thanks, that did it. __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Run this: Set-executionpolicy remotesigned From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Now it tells me that the execution of scripts is disabled on this system and to run get-help about signing __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You have to dot-source (pre-pend ./) to run. eg. ./mailbox.ps1 Within the Powershell command window this also works for any file type that has a Windows association set. Running ./file.txt will open up file.txt in Notepad (if it exists), running ./file.csv will open file.csv in Excel, etc. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-for-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance
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Do you have a VOIP server using Exchange for VM? There was an issue with Sphericall and an exchange patch that caused the store to grow by 2 gig per day. Matt From: Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:54 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
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Thanks, now it runs but with the following error: PS C:\temp c:\temp\mailbox.ps1 Mailbox name Mailbox size Item count Deleted s ize === === An exception was thrown when trying to enumerate the collection: A referral wa s returned from the server. . At C:\temp\mailbox.ps1:94 char:8 + foreach ($kid in $domain.psbase.children) === === 0 mailboxes 0 KB0 0 KB PS C:\temp __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You'll need to run that command on any new installation of PowerShell before it will run scripts from the command line. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Thanks, that did it. __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Run this: Set-executionpolicy remotesigned From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Now it tells me that the execution of scripts is disabled on this system and to run get-help about signing __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You have to dot-source (pre-pend ./) to run. eg. ./mailbox.ps1 Within the Powershell command window this also works for any file type that has a Windows association set. Running ./file.txt will open up file.txt in Notepad (if it exists), running ./file.csv will open file.csv in Excel, etc. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-for-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com/ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution
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How did you update your DC and Exchange server variables? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:34 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Thanks, now it runs but with the following error: PS C:\temp c:\temp\mailbox.ps1 Mailbox name Mailbox size Item count Deleted s ize === === An exception was thrown when trying to enumerate the collection: A referral wa s returned from the server. . At C:\temp\mailbox.ps1:94 char:8 + foreach ($kid in $domain.psbase.children) === === 0 mailboxes 0 KB0 0 KB PS C:\temp __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Youll need to run that command on any new installation of PowerShell before it will run scripts from the command line. _ From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Thanks, that did it. __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Run this: Set-executionpolicy remotesigned _ From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Now it tells me that the execution of scripts is disabled on this system and to run get-help about signing __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You have to dot-source (pre-pend ./) to run. eg. ./mailbox.ps1 Within the Powershell command window this also works for any file type that has a Windows association set. Running ./file.txt will open up file.txt in Notepad (if it exists), running ./file.csv will open file.csv in Excel, etc. _ From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-f or-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre _ De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about 2 GB a day. Short of looking at mailbox sizes on a daily basis, and seeing a day to day delta for each mailbox, is there a way to work out where the disk space is going? E2K3 SP2 Thanks in advance Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com http://www.cetv-net.com/ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information
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Are those valid INTERNAL names for those servers? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Param ( [string]$dc = adc.amico.com, [string]$exchange = mail.amico.com __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption How did you update your DC and Exchange server variables? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:34 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Thanks, now it runs but with the following error: PS C:\temp c:\temp\mailbox.ps1 Mailbox name Mailbox size Item count Deleted s ize === === An exception was thrown when trying to enumerate the collection: A referral wa s returned from the server. . At C:\temp\mailbox.ps1:94 char:8 + foreach ($kid in $domain.psbase.children) === === 0 mailboxes 0 KB0 0 KB PS C:\temp __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Youll need to run that command on any new installation of PowerShell before it will run scripts from the command line. _ From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Thanks, that did it. __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Run this: Set-executionpolicy remotesigned _ From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Now it tells me that the execution of scripts is disabled on this system and to run get-help about signing __ Stefan Jafs From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption You have to dot-source (pre-pend ./) to run. eg. ./mailbox.ps1 Within the Powershell command window this also works for any file type that has a Windows association set. Running ./file.txt will open up file.txt in Notepad (if it exists), running ./file.csv will open file.csv in Excel, etc. _ From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Michael I try to run it and get the following error: PS C:\temp mailbox.ps1 The term 'mailbox.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, o r script file. Verify the term and try again. At line:1 char:7 + mailbox Any ideas __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 09:55 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/a-script-f or-getting-mailbox-sizes-using-wmi-in-powershell.aspx You can easily turn that into a CSV instead of a report and compare/contrast in Access or Excel. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking disk space consumption That was the option I was hoping to avoid lol On 30/01/2008, Pierre Plamondon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you can make a printscreen of the exchange manager system (mailbox by size) at the end of each day and compare. It is probably not the best way but you can find your space disk. Pierre _ De : Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 30 janvier 2008 03:54 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Tracking disk space consumption Dear all, the partition that our mdb files live in is consistently reducing in free space by about
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This turned out to be an issue with not modifying the $dom variable. To wit: [string]$dom = LDAP:// + $dc + /DC=example,DC=local needed to be: [string]$dom = LDAP:// + $dc + /DC=amico,DC=com for Stefan. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Yes! __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 15:59 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Are those valid INTERNAL names for those servers? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption Param ( [string]$dc = adc.amico.com, [string]$exchange = mail.amico.com __ Stefan Jafs From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 14:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tracking disk space consumption This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
