Re: Nearing 16GB limit - Help on managing
From: Kevin Longley (kwlongley_at_cirtronics.com)
Date: 01/03/05
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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:40:58 -0500
If you are using a 3rd party backup sush as Veritas you could consider
backing up to a local drive, which would be much faster, and then backup
that folder during the day to tape.
"Diane" <Diane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We have an exchange 2000 standard installation where email use is suddenly
> growing at a rapid rate due to an increase in large attachments and the
> stated need to retain email for extremely long periods for legal reasons.
> The firm is unwilling to enforce policies to remove the attachments, and
> although they have gone through a concerted deletion process, the store
> continues to grow. A complicating factor is their backup system for
> exchange
> is also now two tapes (backing up the mailboxes and store) so the backup
> does
> not finish until well into the next day (it must wait for someone to
> arrive
> in the AM and put in the 2nd tape). As a result, the private store defrag
> does not complete overnight.
>
> I would greatly appreciate advice on the following:
> - any utilities we can run to maximize the efficiency of the space
> available
> from deletions.
> - the impact of the private store defrag not completing. The logs state
> it
> will resume when the backup completes...does that mean during the next
> maintenance cycle or immediately after the backup completes. I cannot
> find
> any 2nd reference in the event logs indicating the defrag has resumed,
> other
> then during the maintenance cycle (when the backup issue occurs again).
> - Should they hit the 16GB ceiling, how can we recover? I understand
> email
> will "stop". Is there a way to delete after the "stoppage" and recover
> space? Our goal is not to get to this point, but we want to be prepared.
>
> They are now considering going to Exchange 2003 Advanced Version, however,
> the decision process will not be a quick one.
>
> Thanks very much for all help.
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