Re: 9GB of exchange logs in MDBDATA folder.

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From: Peter Lawton (devnull_at_dummydomain.com)
Date: 09/06/04 

Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 13:11:36 +0100

If you're using Backup Exec with the Exchange agent installed on the
Exchange server and doing full backups of the public and private stores (not
just mailboxes) then the logs should be committed and deleted after every
backup job runs.

Peter Lawton

"Leon" <ap76_at_email.com> wrote in message
news:ugUG$gAlEHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Yes we are using Veritas BackUp exec 8.6.
>
> "Kevin Longley" <kwlongley@cirtronics.com> wrote in message
> news:OjOVHeAlEHA.2948@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Those are transaction logs that should only be removed by using an
> Exchange
>> aware back up program. Are you backing up the exchange server?
>>
>> "Leon" <ap76_at_email.com> wrote in message
>> news:OVr2b2$kEHA.3356@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> > At the moment the EXCHSRV\MDBDATA folder contains 1,830 log files
>> > E00*****.log
>> > This is eating up alot of space on the hard-drive and we need to clear
>> > these
>> > ASAP.
>> > Can I go ahead in clearing most of these to free up space or are there
> any
>> > implications involved.
>> >
>> > Thanx in advance for supporting comments.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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