Re: Logs files in MDBDATA

From: Leif Pedersen [MVP] (leif.pedersenNOSPAM_at_get2net.dk)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:19:30 +0100

Hi,

Do NOT delete the logfiles. These should be purged when you perform a full
online backup of the exchange information store by an exchange aware backup
program (such as ntbackup).

You do backup the exchange data, right??

Leif

"Chris Bellini" <chris-hatesspam@spam.chrisbellini.blows.com> skrev i en
meddelelse news:%23XwhwlZ$EHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> How far back do I need to keep of the log files? We have log files from
> six months ago. Is it neccessary to keep all of these. I don't think
> we'll ever need to restore a back up from that long ago? Is it safe to
> simply delete the files we no longer need? Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Chris

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