Logs are only overwritten after they've been committed. On a sufficiently crappy box, the log files could definitely pile up. Of course, on a sufficiently crappy box, log files pile up for all kinds of reasons...
(:= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Scharff Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:36 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: E2K question Actually, there wouldn't necessarily be only one log; in fact there'd likely be more than one. but I don't see how circular logging would result in more logs than one would typically find in an environment where circular logging were disabled. A seems to be the least likely of any of the possible answers. B can likely be discounted because Microsoft thinks everything can be solved through software, leaving one to choose between the almost equally bad answers of C & D. > -----Original Message----- > From: John Q Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:27 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > 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]
