I think the point was "filling up the drive". The idea behind circular logging is that your logs get recycled and shouldn't be growing to the point where they're filling up the drive, so they want you to eliminate that as an answer.
> -----Original Message----- > From: John Q Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Posted At: Monday, October 14, 2002 04:27 PM > Posted To: MSExchange Mailing List > Conversation: E2K question > Subject: Re: E2K question > > > Because if you had circular logging enabaled it would prevent > the purging of the logs. And more importantly there would > only be one log. So it was misleading, and confusing. What I > "should" have asked was, do you need to backup the entire > Storage group to purge the logs? I "know" that there is only > a transaction log per storage group, but I did not see any > reference to any items describing when logs are purged or > not. Even in the Microsoft Disaster Recovery Plan Exchange > 2000 paper, but I'm still reading. > > - John Q > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Scharff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:55 PM > Subject: RE: E2K question > > > > Why would you think A, 'disabling circular logging' would be the > > correct answer? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Q Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:18 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: E2K question > > > > > > > > > Answer pelase. I think it's A. > > > > > > > > > > > > Your Exchange 2000 Server has a single storage group containing > > > three Mailbox Stores and a Public Folder Store. You > perform nightly > > > backups that alter between a normal backup of two of the Mailbox > > > Stores on one night and a normal backup of the other > Mailbox Store > > > and Public Folder Store on the following night. You notice that > > > transaction log files are not being purged, and that they are now > > > consuming nearly all available disk space. What should be done? > > > > > > > > > > > > a. Disable circular logging. > > > > > > b. Install a new hard disk and move the transaction log files to > > > the new disk. > > > > > > c. Perform nightly incremental backups of the entire > Storage Group > > > in addition to the current backups. > > > > > > d. Perform differential backups of the Mailbox Stores and the > > > Public Folder Store instead of normal backups. > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > 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]
