I didn't mean to incite anyone. 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 7:28 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Feedback - Migrating Versus Database Copy Thank you, Ed. As always, your incites are much appreciated. I cannot believe that I did not think of it before. Jason Coleman Systems Engineer LRN - The Legal Knowledge Company Inter Office: 5381 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:19 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
