If you stopped the Exchange services "cleanly" then the transaction logs are committed to the database. That does not solve the problem with a backup not purging the logs.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 11:02 AM Subject: Flusing log files - almost out of space > NT 4 SP6 (I think) > Ex 5.5 SP4 - single org, site, server > > One problem led to many others. Drive with the log files (also the system > drive) ran low on space, so the MTA stopped. I cleared some stuff off the > drive to get up to 150MB. MTA started, and it's working. > > The disk space problem also caused BENT to not run correctly because it > couldn't write the catalog to the disk (space was down to 7MB when I got > there on Monday). I believe that this caused the Exchange logs to not get > flushed. > > The logs now comprise 3GB of space (and growing). One successful backup has > run since, but again, the logs aren't flushed. > > My question is (to refresh my memory)... Can I stop Exchange, copy the logs > to another drive for archiving, then kill the originals, and restart > Exchange? If I recall, it should recreate new log files, correct? (I'm > making the assumption that the transactions in the logs are committed). It > looks like the drive that the store is on has plenty of space (including > enough to defrag the store, etc). All services are running fine. But > obviously, I need to clear those logs, and want to make sure it's how I > remember it. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
