Re: Transaction Logs and priv.edb Size
- From: "Nuevo" <imaneophyte@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:58:13 -0500
You are seeing log activity but how heavy is the log activity? There will be
some communication between Exchange servers and this is SMTP based. However
if there are no mailboxes then it does not matter. One other point, have you
rehomed all Exchange functions to the new server?
Nue
"Teo Heras" <teo at inventrix dot net> wrote in message
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Do you have a file level scanner? Make sure that it's set to bypass the
Exchsrvr directory and all *.log, *.edb, *.stm files. Also, do you see a
file named Exx.chk? If so, your log files should be in the same
directory.
--
Teo Heras
"B. Cheung" wrote:
Checked circular logging and it is turned off. It was only turned on for
the
move mailbox and was turned off after the process was completed.
"Teo Heras" wrote:
1. To defrag 80GB of data will take you forever. Since no one is on
mail1,
simply dismount the database and delete the .edb and .stm files, you
will
have no data loss.
2. Regardless of how mail is being sent, every storage group has it's
own
set of
transaction logs. I'm not sure why you can't see the logs...wait,
check to
make sure that you don't have circular logging turned on. If you do,
that's
why you can't see any log files.
--
Teo Heras
"B. Cheung" wrote:
1. Sounds like a plan. As no one is on mail1 I can dismount and
perform an
offline defrag.
2. Checked the Storage Group on mail2 and the transaction logs are
set to
write locally to its own drive. Storage group on mail1 is set up the
same
way. Nothing is being written over the network. Users are all on
mail2 and
no one on mail1 yet logs are being generated on mail1. That is why I
am
thinking it has to do with the way emails are being sent i.e. user
sends an
email - it goes to mail2 - it then sends to mail1 - sends to external
connector.
2a. If 2 is correct, when the logs are commited, are they commited on
mail1
or mail2 ?
"Teo Heras" wrote:
1. You are correct, and it's called whitespace. White space can be
re-used
after online defragmentation runs (keeping your database from
growing
radically). White Space is re-claimed when an offline defrag runs
(which
will shrink the database file). To see how much white-space the
database
has, look for Event ID 1221 after online maintenance finishes. An
easier way
to reclaim this space is to move all users off of the DB in
question (do not
move system mailboxes or the system attendant mailbox), dismount
the DB, and
delete the .edb and .stm files. When you remount the DB, the files
will be
re-created.
2.Check the properties of the Storage Group on Mail2 to see where
the
transaction logs are being written to. Exchange writes all data to
a
transaction log before commmitting to a database. If you're users
are on a
DB on mail2, there WILL be transaction logs.
--
Teo Heras
"B. Cheung" wrote:
Hi there,
I currently have 1 Exchange 2003 Server with SP1 (mail1) and
decided to put
a new server in this weekend - Exchange 2003 Server with SP2
(mail2). The
plan is to have mail1 and mail2 active for a week or so and then
remove
mail1.
I set up seperate edb and transaction log folders and then did a
move
mailbox of all the users from mail1 to mail2. So I know have 2
edb and
transaction folders, 1 on each server. Emails currently flow
from mail2 to
mail1 due to a external connector.
1. mail1 priv.ebd file was 80 GB and when the move mailbox
process was
complete - mail2 priv.edb was 90 GB. If I do a backup, how come
I am still
backing up mail1 priv.edb at 80 GB. Is this because the dbase
has not been
taken offline for another defrag ? If I do an offline defrag,
will the mail1
priv.edb be smaller/shrink ?
2. How come the transaction logs are being stored on mail1 ?
There are no
transaction logs being stored on mail2 even though I have
specified a
directory for it. All users are on mail2 and sending emails from
there. Is
this due to the fact that mail2 sends all the emails to back to
mail1 and
then to an external connector ?
3. if I remove mail1 next week, will the transaction logs go back
to normal
and be stored on mail2 or will it not be able to find mail1 and
not even
store the logs anywhere ?
.
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