Neil & Andy (and anyone else interested!), Firstly thanks for your replies - every bit helps when you have a conundrum.
I managed to increase the size of the exchange drive, and then last night dismounted the store and ran eseutil /d. *.stm file went from approx 9GB to 1.5 GB (what I was expecting!). To that end - not sure WHY it did it, but that solved the problem. And Andy, yes - we need bigger drives (however politics dictate that what the servers have is what they will keep until we upgrade them in 12 months or so). Damn proprietary hard drives! ;) Thanks for your help - this list is a goldmine. themolk. > -----Original Message----- > From: David, Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2003 10:29 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange 2K & Outlook 2K3 - increase in size of *.stm > > Sounds like you need bigger drives! Not sure why you want to > run eseutil. > How much space are you going to reclaim if you do? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Molkentin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:34 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Exchange 2K & Outlook 2K3 - increase in size of *.stm > > > All advice appreciated... > > We have recently introduced Outlook 2K3 into our Exchange > 2000 environment. > Our laptop users we have configured to run Outlook in "cached exchange > mode". > > In the same time frame, our *.stm has exploded from about 1.5 > GB to approx > 9GB. The *.edb file has not grown (apart from normal mail services). > > Why would this have happened? Is it not related to the introduction of > Outlook 2K3? Is it related? I have not yet run esutil, as > there are other > space issues this has now highlighted (and means until I free > up some space > elsewhere I can't run it, knowing I need approx 110% free > space, and we now > only have 1.79GB free on the drive the db's live on). > > I have searched the MS-KB and come up with nada. Ideas, > suggestions all > welcome... > > Thanks, > > themolk. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
