Re: What is prev1.edb and why is it 15 GB?
From: Les Connor [SBS MVP] (les.connor_at_DEL.cfive.ca)
Date: 02/13/04
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 14:30:07 -0600
Hi Bob,
> we get a message stating Exchange is currently in
> recovery mode. The choices are connect, work offline and
That particular error will go away if you delete the existing
Outlook/exchange profile on the client computer, and then create another
one.
-- Les Connor [SBS MVP] ------------------------------------- SBS Rocks ! <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1007d01c3f268$1870c4b0$a401280a@phx.gbl... > Well we tried everything suggested as well as a few > things found in the knowledge base. Nothing worked. > Whereas the database was new and everything was available > to rebuild the database we moved all the database and log > files into a temporary location. Restarted the server to > allow exchange to startup without doing anything > manually. Had to manually mount the mail store so it > created a new database. All the users are connected and > everything appears normal and functions once again. Only > problem we have is when starting Outlook on the clients > we get a message stating Exchange is currently in > recovery mode. The choices are connect, work offline and > cancel. What is recovery mode and how do we get this out > of recovery mode? Event logs do not indicate any problems > with exchange and all seems ok. > > Bob > >-----Original Message----- > >You'll have to check the mail amounts in the esm to find > out what mailbox > >the mail is going to. All I can think of is that some > alert is firing off > >many emails to an admin account somewhere. > > > >Robert King > >Microsoft Product Support Specialist > >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and > confers no rights. > > > >-------------------- > >| From: John LeMay <jlemay@njmc.com> > >| Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs > >| Subject: RE: What is prev1.edb and why is it 15 GB? > >| Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 14:06:03 -0500 > >| Organization: NJMC > >| Lines: 36 > >| Message-ID: > <MPG.1a8dafa8bcdbdca29896da@news.cis.dfn.de> > >| References: <a6ce01c3eb62$efd28720$a601280a@phx.gbl> > ><USPyfE36DHA.1992@cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl> > ><b6d601c3ec33$8b13e550$a501280a@phx.gbl> > ><r5EWzTM7DHA.3736@cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl> > >| NNTP-Posting-Host: > bgp590971bgs.jdover01.nj.comcast.net (68.39.219.80) > >| X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1076094372 34784192 D > 68.39.219.80 ([127914]) > >| X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.60 > >| Path: > >cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl!cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl! > TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!newsfeed00.su > >l.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu- > berlin.de!uni-berlin > >.de!bgp590971bgs.jdover01.nj.comcast.NET!not-for-mail > >| Xref: cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl > microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs:38578 > >| X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs > >| > >| In article <r5EWzTM7DHA.3736@cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl>, a- > >| rking@online.microsoft.com says... > >| > Do you have Symantec Antivirus for Exchange? That > could be filling up > >your > >| > DB. Yes, it will stop at 16GB. If you want to > delete the priv1.edb, > >use > >| > exmerge to export the mailboxes. Sto the > Information store, backup the > >| > priv1.edb, and the chk file, and the log files, then > delete the log > >files > >| > and the DB. Go into the ESM, drill down to the > mailbox store, right > >click > >| > and choose properties. Go to the databases tab and > check the box about > >the > >| > database being overwritten by a restore. Start the > services. Right > >click > >| > and mount the store. Use exmerge to import > the .pst's. Go back to the > >| > store, run the mailbox cleanup. If your mail boxes > are not connect, > >you > >| > can right click them and connect them to a user. > test and go. > >| > >| Before deleting the database, see if you can locate > which user account > >| or accounts are responsible for all of the excess > mail. Open ESM and > >| drill down the tree through First Admin Group -> > Server -> Private Store > >| -> Mailboxes (or something close to that). Sort the > list by size by > >| clicking at the top of the size column. You may find > that the problem is > >| only with one or two users. Once you delete those > messages, the database > >| won't get smaller, but it won't grow either until you > fill in the "empty > >| space" created by deleting all of that email. > >| > >| If you want to reduce the size of the mailbox, take > the database offline > >| and do an offline defrag. Warning though - you need to > have at least > >| 110% of the size of the database free on the disk in > order to do an > >| offline defrag. The process actually creates a copy of > the database. > >| Therefore, with a 15GB database you need roughly 32GB > of free space. > >| Sounds like you don't have that. There are ways around > this problem as > >| well though. Check MS's KB for articles on Exchange > offiline > >| defragmenting processes. > >| > >| -- > >| John LeMay > >| kc2kth > >| Senior Technical Manager > >| NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 > >| > > > >. > >
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