Can you post the excerpts from both those sources that state that? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julian Underwood Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Offline maintenance= yes or no?
Dear list, I've read from an online Microsoft training course and from Sams Exchange Server 2003 unleashed that offline maintenance should be performed on regular intervals. Perhaps quarterly or yearly, depending on the usage. However, from a recent thread on the list (and from searching the web), I'm hearing that it should not be done unless you have a lot of "white space," where the database will actually compact (i.e. a lot of deleted items.) Or if problems are happening. Again, from what I've read, the online defrag only does about 70-80% of the maintenance job. So my feeling is that perhaps this maintenance should be done yearly on a moderately busy Exchange server. I've been advised to run isinteg.exe (i.e. isinteg.exe -s <ServerName> -test allfoldertests) before running eseutil.exe--to test the store before the defrag. Then to run eseutil.exe /g then /d. Is this advisable? Would it ever be advisable to run these tests without then doing the actual defrag, if the server is experiencing zero problems? Basically what I want to know is if these maintenance practices should be performed despite the fact that no noticeable database compaction will occur afterwords. Thanks for any advice and suggestions! Julian _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
