Exchange Defrag / VMWare / Windows Server 2003 / Exchange 2007

2010-10-12 Thread Bruce Berkow
We are running our Exchange 2007 on a Windows Server 2003 server that is running as a virtual machine under VMWare ESX 3.5 Anyone know if I can run it the same as you would on a regular standalone machine? The last time I ran an Exchange defrag it was on Exchange 5.5. Is there anything signfi

Re: Exchange Defrag / VMWare / Windows Server 2003 / Exchange 2007

2010-10-12 Thread Rubens Almeida
It depends! I plan my offline defrags based on how much whitespace the MBS have and on the free space there's the DB's disk. Look at the Application logs for the event 1221. Here's a powershell script I use to make things easier: $StrServerName = (($Args[0]).ToString()).ToUpper() $BackInTime = [S

RE: Exchange Defrag / VMWare / Windows Server 2003 / Exchange 2007

2010-10-13 Thread greg.sweers
ubject: Exchange Defrag / VMWare / Windows Server 2003 / Exchange 2007 We are running our Exchange 2007 on a Windows Server 2003 server that is running as a virtual machine under VMWare ESX 3.5 Anyone know if I can run it the same as you would on a regular standalone machine? The last time I ran an Ex

RE: Exchange Defrag / VMWare / Windows Server 2003 / Exchange 2007

2010-10-13 Thread Bruce Berkow
- From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 5:31 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Defrag / VMWare / Windows Server 2003 / Exchange 2007 I always ask why. Unless you have made a major deletion of mailboxes or