Re: Free up disk space

From: Auddog (will_k_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:31:39 -0600

In search to see what other files were taking up all the room since the
mdbdata folder was only 1.86 gig, I ran across the bad mail folder. There
seems to be something that is filling up my BadMail folder. What should I
look for that would be filling this up?

Thanks for any help that you can provide

A

"Auddog" <will_k@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23sI2%23Yb8EHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> When I look for event id 1221 - it says there is 4 megs free space after
> online defrag has terminated.
>
> Does exchange really need 6 gigs of space to work? Each user has a
> storage limit of 250 megs, then we use .pst files.
>
> A
>
>
> "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" <leif.pedersenNOSPAM@get2net.dk> wrote in message
> news:efMgfFb8EHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> That would only help if there is space available inside the database.
>>
>> Look for event 1221 in the application log - this will tell you how much
>> space you could gain by running a defrag. (there would not be much sense
>> in
>> running the defrag if you would recover less than 500 Mb).
>>
>> Is it the databases that uses all disk space?
>>
>> Leif
>>
>> "Auddog" <will_k@hotmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
>> news:%23BEP7$a8EHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> what about doing an offline defrag?
>>>
>>> A
>>>
>>> "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" <leif.pedersenNOSPAM@get2net.dk> wrote in message
>>> news:u%23X2Y4a8EHA.1228@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > If the disk is full Exchange will dismount the stores and therefore
>>> > you
>>> > can't connect with Outlook.
>>> >
>>> > First thing to find out is what uses the disk space. If it is the
>>> > databases
>>> > best thing to do would be to buy some new drives and move the bases to
>>> > this
>>> > new (bigger) drive. If it is the transaction logfiler you could try to
>>> > move
>>> > a few of the oldest files off the drive, mount the stores and perform
>>> > a
>>> > full
>>> > backup of the exchange information store with an exchange aware backup
>>> > program (such as ntbackup).
>>> >
>>> > Leif
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > "Auddog" <will_k@hotmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
>>> > news:ekVIBqa8EHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> >> I have a Small Business Server 2003 server setup at my office. I
>>> >> have
>> my
>>> >> exchange setup to work off the E: drive (6 gig partition). I have 10
>>> > people
>>> >> using the system and now I have no space on the server. I can not
>>> >> connect
>>> >> to the system via Outlook as the system says the MAPI service is
>>> >> unavailable. What can I do to get some free space? I'm getting the
>>> >> following error in the event log / application:
>>> >>
>>> >> Event ID 9175
>>> >>
>>> >> The MAPI call "OpenMsgStore" failed with the following error:
>>> >> The Microsoft Exchange Server is unavailable
>>> >> The MAPI provider failed
>>> >> Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store
>>> >> ID No: 8004011d-0526-00000000
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for any help you may be able to provide.
>>> >>
>>> >> A
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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