"command lime" Only for use with Windows: Jose Cuervo Edition
-------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:19 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Feedback - Migrating Versus Database Copy > > > You can defrag the database without moving it by mapping a > drive and specifying the temp file switch in the command > lime. Before you bother doing so, however, be sure you're > going to reclaim enough free space to make it worth your > while. The Application event log will tell you how much > white space you have at the end of each periodic store > maintenance interval. > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Coleman > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:13 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Feedback - Migrating Versus Database Copy > > > I would like to ask you all for some feedback on an issue, > but first some background info: > > My company has an Exchange 5.5 server with a 70GB+ > information store. The server is 3+ years old and has reached > its end of life. Furthermore, we are out of disk space to > defrag the IS because policies were never put in place for > file attachment sizes. > > There was a plan to migrate to Windows 2000 and bring the > Exchange server over to Exchange 2000 and also onto newer > hardware. Because it has been hard to get people together for > the Windows 2000 migration, an alternate plan has been > devised to copy the Exchange database over to a new Windows > NT/ Exchange 5.5 server, defrag the database and put policies > in place to buy time until the Windows 2000 migration can > take place. A few of us, although we see the logic in the > alternate plan, our gut feeling tells us to do the Windows > 2000/ Exchange 2000 migration ourselves rather than wait for > the people who never have time. > > Thoughts. > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
