Re: Free up disk space

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From: Leif Pedersen [MVP] (leif.pedersenNOSPAM_at_get2net.dk)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:59:22 +0100

Hi,

You can safely delete the badmails - and use this to help you in the future:
http://hellomate.typepad.com/exchange/2003/07/dealing_with_ba.html

Leif

"Auddog" <will_k@hotmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:OlFLYob8EHA.808@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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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