Re: How to delete of archive log files! Emergency!

Best way to purge them is to perform an online backup (even using Windows NT
Backup). In cases like yours, I have temporarily compressed a few of the
log files long enough to get enough space to get back up and running. Then
run the backup.

Long term, though, no Exchange files should be compressed. And you should
NEVER compress the databases! :-)


--
Jim McBee
Blog: http://mostlyexchange.blogspot.com



"DMI" <DMI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FF6CF8B1-3DCB-428E-BB6C-D6A268EACAB0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My Windows 2003 Exchange server went down this morning. The reason was HD
> space. When looking at the HD I found a total of 39 GB used by Exxxx.log
> files in the First Storage Group. There are log files as old as
> 9/28/2004.
> There are a total of 8153 log file and each one takes 5 MB.
>
> My question is how can I delete some, a range or all of these files?
>
> If you are able to help please advise and reply to this e-mail.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help!
>


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