How exactly did you "set" the logs to flush in BE? Verify that job method for Exchange (Tools/Options) and the job itself is set for a full online backup.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:15 PM Subject: RE: Flusing log files - almost out of space > Yep. BENT 8.x with the Exchange agent. But it appears it was only flushing > the logs on Fridays. Well, last Friday's job didn't finish because it > couldn't write the catalog to the drive (due to space). BENT shows the job > as successful, but there's an entry in the app log about the catalog > failure. That's what makes me think that's why it couldn't flush. I set the > daily BU jobs to also flush, but it (apparently) didn't do this on Monday > night. I'm heading back there to look at these possible causes/resolutions: > > XADM: Using Eseutil to Determine Which Logs Have Been Committed > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;182961 > > XADM: How to Recover from a Full Transaction Log File Drive > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;259751 > > XADM: How to Tell Which Transaction Log Files Can Be Safely Removed > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240145 > > Thanks for the input so far! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charles Marriott > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 11:31 AM > To: 'Exchange Discussions' > Subject: RE: Flusing log files - almost out of space > > > If a full BU is not removing the logs you need to find out why. ? BU > software ? Exchange aware? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pat Richard > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:03 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > 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] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
