Re: Transaction Logs

From: Neal (neal__at__ap0yar_dot_co_dot_nz)
Date: 06/03/04 

Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 10:34:29 +1200

Are the logs old ones or new ones created each day? Does Backup Exec
actually remove them? Are you getting 20GB of new logs each day?

You say it fills up every three days. How are you getting rid of them?

If Backup Exec is not getting rid of them, then I would say Backup Exec is
NOT backing up your Exchange server correctly. Make sure you have the
correct Backup Exec option, and that you back up the Information Store (not
mailboxes).

If Backup Exec is removing them, and you are getting 20GB worth of new ones,
you either have a VERY busy server with lots of active users or it's being
used by spammers, has a mail loop or similar problem. Last time I saw that
many transaction logs was when the Sasser worm infected a machine on the
same LAN that the Exchange server was on..

Hope this helps.

"Marlon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:17e1801c449ad$f94c17e0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> The transaction logs on my Exchange 2000 Server do not
> get deleted automatically. They stay and fill all the
> space on my "Logs" drive. I have a 20GB partition
> dedicated to transaction logs and it fills up every 3
> days.
>
> I use backup exec to perform my daily backups and the
> option to "flush committed logs" is enabled, but the log
> files are still there. Any ideas?

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