RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
ichael 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

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Stefan Jafs
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

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
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 T

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Matt Bullock
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: Tr

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Stefan Jafs
xchange 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

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
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 consumpti

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2008-01-30 Thread Stefan Jafs
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&#x

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
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

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2008-01-30 Thread Campbell, Rob
cking 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

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2008-01-30 Thread Joe Heaton
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

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Stefan Jafs
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

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2008-01-30 Thread Stefan Jafs
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

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2008-01-30 Thread Campbell, Rob
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

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2008-01-30 Thread Joe Heaton
o: 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.tx

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Stefan Jafs
min 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

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Campbell, Rob
, 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

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2008-01-30 Thread Stefan Jafs
lt;<< 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/arc

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2008-01-30 Thread Jackson, Jeff
. 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

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2008-01-30 Thread Doige, Clayton
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

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
ge 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

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Doige, Clayton
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

Re: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Clayton Doige
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.

Re: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Candee Vaglica
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

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Chris Blair
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, 20

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Sam Cayze
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

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Pierre Plamondon
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 0

Re: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Clayton Doige
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

Re: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Candee Vaglica
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

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Fergal O Connell
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:

Re: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Clayton Doige
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 <

Re: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Candee Vaglica
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

RE: Tracking disk space consumption

2008-01-30 Thread Greg Mulholland
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,