Just a thought, have you tried backing up manually using the normal NT backup on the server? If you have enough space, may be worth trying?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rappaport Sent: 06 June 2007 13:37 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Log files not purging... Along with the rest of the databases in that storage group? ... Since this server is performing the function of a front-end server you'd be best to enable circular logging on the SG in question. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Blunt Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 7:27 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Log files not purging... Howard, Good question...I didn't think to check that. According to the properties of the store in question...6/5/2007 @ 7:52 AM. And yet...the log files still remain. Jim Blunt On 6/4/07, Howard Rappaport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you open up ESM and go to the database in question, view its properties > ... when does it show the last full backup being completed? > > If it doesn't show what you thought it was, you're probably missing > something in your backup software / agent. > > > > On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Jim Blunt wrote: > > > Configuration: > > - Exchange Servers: Exchange 2003 Native, SP2 on Windows 2003, SP1 (x2) > > - Backup Server: Windows Server 2003, SP1 > > - Backup Software: Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers > > (BEWS), version 11d (version 11.0, rev. 6235) > > > > Problem: > > I have two Exchange servers; one is the mailbox server and has ~1,000 > > mailboxes. The other one handles all the encryption, inbound/outbound > > SMTP, etc. On both servers, I am doing nightly FULL Exchange backups > > and telling it to flush the committed log files. I am not doing > > brick-level backups on either server. > > > > On the mailbox server it works just fine and the only log files on the > > server are the ones since the last full backup...just like you would > > expect. However, on the secondary server, it has 7,544 log files, > > totaling 36.8 GB of space. This is every transaction log file that > > has been created since the day I put the server into production on > > 3/4/2007. > > > > The backup job is green and says that it's completing just fine, yet > > the log files refuse to go away. > > > > Any ideas on why this is happening? Can I just delete the transaction > > logs, up to the last full backup? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jim > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > 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. > > _________________________________________________________________ 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. 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