Re: ISINTEG : temporary database location

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From: Mathieu (sdfdas_at_sdfs.com)
Date: 02/04/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:13:45 -0500

Its actually 130 MEGS...not 130 Gigs (which I had that much space on the
SCSI drive ;) )

I'm using a drive of 7 Gigs on the same machine...so I should have problems
related to network data exchange.

I've read in Microsoft's doc that the ESEUTIL /d (defrag opion) takes twice
the size of the database...

"Defragmentating a database requires disk space equal to twice the size of
the database being processed."

Well, if my counts right, I wouldn't have enough space with the 4.5 Gig
database on the 7 Gig disk drive, I would need at least 9 Gig! Right?

Why do you say that you HIGHLY recommendd an offline defrag after the
isinteg?

Couldn't I try to start my Information Store service and do a defrag on
another day...when I'll have another drive in there to accomodate the
database?

Steve Antonio [MSFT] <steveant@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:#ibr8Z26DHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> You only need 110% of the database size free. So 130GB of space is more
than
> enough. The temp database will be removed when the operation is complete.
> You would've needed this for the /p anyway.
> I would also HIGHLY recommend an offline defrag after the isinteg (eseutil
> /d)
>
> However, for Isinteg you would use the -t to redirect it to a specific
> directory or drive. (Local is preffered, as doing it over the netwrk may
> result is drop packets and database corruption).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Steve Antonio
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
> "Mathieu" <sdfdas@sdfs.com> wrote in message
> news:utri8406DHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I need to to fix my "Inconsistent" priv and pub database
> > I've got Exchange 5.5 SP3 on a WinNT 4 SP6
> >
> > I did those commands
> >
> > ESEUTIL /P /ISPRIV
> > ESEUTIL /P /ISPUB
> >
> > I'm about to do these ones:
> >
> > ISINTEG -FIX -PRI -TEST ALLTESTS
> > ISINTEG -FIX -PUB -TEST ALLTESTS
> >
> > ... The problem is that I read in Microsoft's doc that a temporary
> database
> > is going to be created; I've only got 130 megs left on the drive where
the
> > 4.5 Gig Pub database is located. They say that we can specify a
different
> > directory for the location of the temporary database. They mention it
but
> > don't say what is the option name.
> >
> > How long do you think that an "-TEST ALLTESTS" will take on a 4.5 Gigs
> > database (I've got a dual P3 500, 512). Should I do it in out of
business
> > hours ?...does it take alot of CPU usage?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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