How can we free up more space on Exchange 2003 Server
Posted by Avinash Pillai on 01/27/2009 01:05:00 PM
Best solution that i can provide you is: Since running "eseutil" requires the Exchange DB to be stopped and hence need a complete downtime during this time. I would suggesst you to create a different mailbox store and map them to a diff drive or to a diff server then move every mailboxes one by one. Once the entire mailboxes are moved to the new store either run "eseutil" on the old store and make the DB slim or just delete the old store.
Advantage:
1) Not require any downtime since you are not running "eseutil" on live DB.
2) All the mailboxes that are moved to the new store will carry only the exact size of the data that it hold at the time of its transfer. i.e the Data that it will show after running the "eseutil". __.____._
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Regards
Avinash Pillai
URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com/
Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com
Question: Cleaning out old Exchange mailbox
Asked by Charles Cuerrieron 1/27/2009 11:05 AMI ran into a bit of an issue. I ran out of space on my Exchange 2003 server so I moved a couple of mailboxes to another server. They moved fine but there is still the space being used on the original server. How do I clear this space?
Posted by Avinash Pillai on 01/27/2009 01:05:00 PM
Best solution that i can provide you is: Since running "eseutil" requires the Exchange DB to be stopped and hence need a complete downtime during this time. I would suggesst you to create a different mailbox store and map them to a diff drive or to a diff server then move every mailboxes one by one. Once the entire mailboxes are moved to the new store either run "eseutil" on the old store and make the DB slim or just delete the old store.
Advantage:
1) Not require any downtime since you are not running "eseutil" on live DB.
2) All the mailboxes that are moved to the new store will carry only the exact size of the data that it hold at the time of its transfer. i.e the Data that it will show after running the "eseutil". __.____._
Copyright © 2009 Toolbox and message author.No redistribution.
Regards
Avinash Pillai
URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com/
Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com
Question: Cleaning out old Exchange mailbox
Asked by Charles Cuerrieron 1/27/2009 11:05 AMI ran into a bit of an issue. I ran out of space on my Exchange 2003 server so I moved a couple of mailboxes to another server. They moved fine but there is still the space being used on the original server. How do I clear this space?
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