Are all the log files continuous, or is there a discontinuity in the numbering and date? That is, is there a gap where some logs have been deleted, but a group of older ones are sticky?
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Time Magazine's Person of the Year! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Blunt Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:39 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Log files not purging... Geni, It was not checked for this server. I checked it and did a backup...same results. I unchecked and did a backup...same results. Thanks though. Jim On 6/5/07, Hawkins, Geni P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just out of curiosity, is the checkbox on the Limits tab for "do not > delete items permanently until the store has been backed up" checked? > If so, try un-checking it. If it isn't...well, try checking it. See > if that changes things at all. > > That behavior is odd, to say the least, since the store reports a > backup completed. Definitely dig through the backup application's own > logs, see if it reports an incomplete on that particular store. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim > Blunt > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 4:27 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. > 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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