Re: Help! clear logfiles manually question

Why? Do you like playing with fire? What did you do - stop the Information
Store, and then move the log files? If so, don't move them back. You would
only need them now if you need to restore from backup. You would restore
from backup - tell it this is NOT the last backup set, move the log files
back, and manually initiate a hard recovery (replay log files).

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"Greg" <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7885A02A-D771-42DC-8B27-39F38E8EFF3D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ultimatly I connected a USB external drive and moved the logfiles to it
and
this weekend I will be upgrading the internal drive and ultimatly move the
logfiles back.

Thanks

"Greg" wrote:

As I said in my second post,
"sorry I meant Veritas backup"


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

In news:8553AEB4-AB49-47D4-A4B0-232A582DAEA1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Greg <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
My antivirus software did not clear the logfiles last night. How can
I clear them manually so I can mount the store again?

Thanks in advance
Greg

Why would your antivirus software do anything with your Exchange log
files?
You shouldn't be letting antivirus software near them (or the
stores/queues
folders, etc). Your online backup of Exchange should purge the
committed
logs. Can you please repost with more detail, including your exact
version
of Exchange (and whether it's standard or enterprise) and so forth.





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