I would love to do that, but unfortunately...I can't! We have never had a dedicated "recovery server" in the 4.5 years I've been here. I was finally given the money, so I ordered a duplicate to the Compaq ML380's that we already have. I know I could have made my recovery server less of high-end machine, but I did it partly for replacement parts if one fails and partly so I could play around with the exact setup I have in the production machines.
I ordered this server about 1.5 months ago. It got here about 2 weeks ago, but it was in such bad shape when UPS delivered it, that all I could do was laugh and send it back! The face plate was bowed out about 3 inches the corners were bent and the box was split in two and had been all taped up. Basically looked like it had been dropped from about 10 feet up and jumped on by a 800 lb. gorilla! :o) Hopefully, the replacement will be here soon. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 5:04 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Excessive whitespace in Priv.edb and Pub.edb...Problem? I vote to leave it along. If you want to run the ESEUTIL tools to check the health of the store, by all means do so on the restored copy of the database on your recovery server. I wouldn't mess with it on your production server. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I Tech Consultant Compaq Computer Corporation Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Blunt, James H (Jim) Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 4:48 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Excessive whitespace in Priv.edb and Pub.edb...Problem? Folks, I have 3 mailbox servers, 1 dedicated IMS server and 1 dedicated bridgehead server. All three mailbox servers are Win2k SP2 / Ex5.5 SP4+3...the other 2 are the same, but Ex5.5 SP4. Mailbox servers are Compaq DL380's with 1ghz processors and 512mb of RAM, running on a Raid-5 setup with 5-18gb drives. OS is on one logical drive, logs on another and stores on a third. IMS and Bridgehead are just old workstations. We are doing full online Exchange-aware backups, using Veritas 8.5. Circular logging is on currently. (I know, I know...prior admin forgot to turn off the default setting...I have a request into our change board to turn it off on Monday, still awaiting approval.) Anyway...during the course of the nightly backups / defrags, I get the messages below. It takes the system about 30 seconds to backup the DS on each server and about 45 minutes to backup the IS. All would seem pretty normal to me, if it weren't for the amount of free space in the Private Store when it's done. Does this much free space seem excessive to anyone else but me? I added the comments to the end of each message. Event Type: Information Event Source: MSExchangeIS Private Event Category: General Event ID: 1221 Date: 1/31/2002 Time: 12:07:52 AM User: N/A Computer: Computer1 Description: The database has 1078 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation has terminated. (Total priv.edb on this server is only 7.4gb) Event Type: Information Event Source: MSExchangeIS Private Event Category: General Event ID: 1221 Date: 1/31/2002 Time: 12:21:41 AM User: N/A Computer: Computer2 (Mailbox Server) Description: The database has 440 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation has terminated. (Total priv.edb on this server is only 4.83gb) Event Type: Information Event Source: MSExchangeIS Public Event Category: General Event ID: 1221 Date: 1/30/2002 Time: 12:00:04 AM User: N/A Computer: Computer3 (Public Folder Server/Mailbox server) Description: The database has 386 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation has terminated. (Total pub.edb on this server is only 1.17gb) Event Type: Information Event Source: MSExchangeIS Private Event Category: General Event ID: 1221 Date: 1/30/2002 Time: 12:02:34 AM User: N/A Computer: Computer3 Description: The database has 593 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation has terminated. (Total priv.edb on this server is only 9.82gb) Event Type: Information Event Source: MSExchangeIS Private Event Category: General Event ID: 1221 Date: 1/31/2002 Time: 12:00:02 AM User: N/A Computer: Computer4 (Dedicated IMS) Description: The database has 114 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation has terminated. (Total priv.edb on this server is only 117mb) I am thinking about doing the following, after 8:00pm this Friday: 1. Stop all the Exchange services on the servers in question. 2. Do a full offline backup. 3. Run: eseutil /G /ispriv /V /X /O 4. Run: eseutil /D /ispriv /P /O 5. Run: eseutil /P /ispriv /V /X /O 6. Restart all my Exchange services. 7. Pray VERY hard that everything turns out okay. Jim Blunt Network / E-mail Admin Network / Infrastructure Group Bechtel Hanford, Inc. 509-372-9188 _________________________________________________________________ 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]
