RE: What to do now?

http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/category/221.aspx

There is a post on this Blog on how to set DB size limits so you can avoid
it next time.

Also SP2 will increase the 16 GB limit to 18.
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Jonathan
No Warrenties Implied, Did you do a FULL backup today??????




"Jonathan Norris" wrote:

> Answers inline, someone on the Newsgroup may have another solution.
> --
> Jonathan
> No Warrenties Implied, Did you do a FULL backup today??????
>
>
>
>
> "YST" wrote:
>
> > What is the steps that i must to do?
> > 1) export from the DB to the PSTs files
> *** Using Exmerge right? I would also check the PSTs to make sure they have
> all the mail items.
>
> > 2) delete the mailboxes DB (after a backup) from the exchange manager. We
> > have sbs, if not we can create a new one without delete this or simple move
> > the mailboexs to the new .DB
> ***You can just rename the STM and EDB to another file Extension, then try
> to mount the DB. It will tell you that you are mounting an empty DB. I
> would keep your old DB.
>
> > 3) create a new mailboxes DB from the exchange manager
> ***You shouldn't need to do this since you haven't mail disabled anything.
> New mailboxes will show up after you mount the new store.
>
> > 4)mount the mailbox DB (disable the network card? to avert the people
> > synchronize with the blank DB)
> ***Its your call, you can recover from OSTs also.
>
> > 5) import the PSTs to the new DB
> Using Exmerge
> > Did you already do it once?
> **** I have done alot of DR work with Exchange, this is pretty close to a
> Dialtone restore. If you aren't comfortable with doing this you could call
> Microsoft Support and have them work with you. You also need to consider how
> your going to avoid this issue after you reimport the mailboxes back into
> Exchange.
> > Thanks
> >
> > "Jonathan Norris" wrote:
> >
> > > Are you over the limit for Standard Edition is that the issue? If you mount
> > > an empty store than your users will loose mail.
> > > --
> > > Jonathan
> > > No Warrenties Implied, Did you do a FULL backup today??????
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "YST" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a image from the disk (yesterday I create it), is not the log files
> > > > that are consuming the place is the DB itself, but what will occur when
> > > > synchronize the outlook (with the offline ost) and the new edb? duplicates
> > > > and erases?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Jonathan Norris" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Don't worry about the mailbox level backup (if your using 2003). Just backup
> > > > > the database. Is it the Log files consuming the space?
> > > > > --
> > > > > Jonathan
> > > > > No Warrenties Implied, Did you do a FULL backup today??????
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "YST" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > My question is what will happen when the server synchronize with the clients
> > > > > > after change the DB?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "ricaco" wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > One nice day, my exchange private database, increase in 11GB and I dont
> > > > > > > know what to do.And now its not working because reach the limit
> > > > > > > I already try, eseutil /d, eseutil /p ( I receive a unknown error -
> > > > > > > 205), isinteg fix alltests, and the recovery tool from microsoft( found
> > > > > > > a problem with the logs).
> > > > > > > Now I made backup, with the exmerge that failed to back 4 mailboxes,
> > > > > > > how can I backup this 4 mailboxes?
> > > > > > > It's a good idea delete the current database, and restore from the
> > > > > > > pst's files?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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