http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?app=WebEvents&eventid=4093
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tener, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 9:31 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > anyone know what event viewer id # 4093 is? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yanek Korff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 9:25 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > Well it was a 10G file, which is about 81920 megabits. Let's > say you're > getting 60MBps transfer rate on your 100Mbps LAN (since it's > nighttime, > things are pretty quiet), that should take about 25 minutes. > Lemme know if > my math is wrong. > > -Yanek. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 8:35 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > > > > Which means nothing. Try it out yourself - cut and paste, > > drag and drop, > > xcopy, whatever - a large file, and while its copying, look > > at the byte > > count on the destination drive. That's the FIRST thing done > > in the copy > > process. > > > > You ever time doing a copy of a 20GB file across a LAN??? It > > takes a while. > > A LONG while. > > > > There is no need for retraining this person - even my 3 year > > old can say > > "Would you like fries with that?" > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE MCT > > Senior Systems Administrator > > Peregrine Systems > > Atlanta, GA > > http://www.peregrine.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Yanek Korff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:10 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > > > > > > > He did wait an hour... And he's confident the copy was > > > complete - same byte > > > count on both the network drive and the local drive. > > > > > > -Yanek. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Exchange Discussions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:42 PM > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > > > > > > > > > > Sounds like he got impatient and didn't wait for the database > > > > to finish > > > > being copied back to exchsrvr\mdbdata from the network share > > > > - which needs > > > > to complete before you get your dos prompt back. > > > > > > > > After he killed ESEutil, he could've also copied it back > > > manually and > > > > renamed back to priv.edb instead of tape restore. Then, the > > > > defrag effort > > > > would not have been in vain. > > > > > > > > Louise > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Yanek Korff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:27 PM > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > > > > > > He followed the KB article, whatever it was. Services were > > > > down. I think > > > > he followed all the "right" procedures. The temp file was on > > > > a network > > > > drive that had plenty of room. The defragged temp database > > > > exists on the > > > > temp drive and is whole. That's how he figures it > freed 3.5 gigs. > > > > > > > > -Yanek. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Josefowski, Larry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:26 PM > > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The utility is dangerous in the wrong hands. It can take a > > > > > very, very, very > > > > > long time to run. It also gets very snitty when you don't > > > > > have enough room > > > > > on the HD (or network share) to create the temp file that is > > > > > part of the > > > > > defrag process....Where did he attempt to create the temp > > > > > file....on the > > > > > same drive that is almost full? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And how is he enjoying his time at home these days? > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Yanek Korff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:16 PM > > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > > Subject: disaster debriefing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok, so we had a disaster the other day. Co-Worker of mine > > > > ran eseutil > > > > > against the private IS to free up some disk space. We were > > > > > at about 95% > > > > > capacity on the drive, and it would creep up to about 98% > > > > > before the nightly > > > > > incrementals, which brought it back down. Now, I'm not > > > > positive what > > > > > command he ran, but apparently it cleared about 3.5 gigs out > > > > > of the IS. > > > > > Right before eseutil exited, however, it apparently "hung" > > > > > waiting for a > > > > > command prompt. > > > > > > > > > > I'm a little fuzzy as to what happened after this. I think > > > > > he tried to > > > > > reboot, and then the IS didn't come up -- he got some errors, > > > > > looked them up > > > > > in the KB to very little avail. So when I got in at 9 the > > > > > next morning, > > > > > mail was down. He was still there. > > > > > > > > > > We managed to put humpty dumpty back together again restoring > > > > > from the full > > > > > backup we made right before starting this procedure. It > > > > took several > > > > > attempts - he had tried restoring from backup before but > > > > > hadn't had any > > > > > success. I think the procedure we followed was this: > > > > > Shut down all exchange services > > > > > Start System Attendant & directory service > > > > > Restore DS > > > > > Stop System Attendant & directory service > > > > > Restart System Attendant > > > > > Restore IS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any other combination of services running/not running > > > > didn't work out. > > > > > We're using Veritas Backup Exec BTW. Well everything's back > > > > > to the way it > > > > > was before we started this whole mess. I know I've seen > > > > > discussions about > > > > > eseutil on this list before, but I wanted to revisit this > > > > and get some > > > > > concrete information. > > > > > > > > > > What did we do wrong? What's the right way to use eseutil to > > > > > gain disk > > > > > space? I'd appreciate any non-flaming advice, pointers, > > > > > docs, etc. I find > > > > > the archives non-intuitive -- or maybe I'm looking in the > > > > wrong place? > > > > > Can't seem to find a good place to type in a search phrase > > > > > "eseutil" and > > > > > have it return relevant data (I'm here: http://www.swynk.com) > > > > > > > > > > -Yanek. > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > List posting FAQ: > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
