Be aware - Exchange is self-limiting. By default, Exchange only keeps around 30 days of logs and will automatically trim them. If you change the file extension you'll break the automatic trimming.
(Now, if you need to keep the logs, then that's something else entirely....) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: automatic delete log files Same here. Haven't used the commands a lot yet but I might fire up the readme. Seems like a good project. I can't believe the size of the SMTP logs on Exchange 2010, so I was actually looking for a solution too. This looks just as good as SyncBack, and free. Thanks for sharing. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: automatic delete log files No, it doesn't require Cygwin. And, I must admit, I moved to 7-zip years ago. It's current and has both a gui and a command-line version. I forgot about that, sorry... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 12:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: automatic delete log files The Info-Zip website hasn't been updated in years and the download links don't work... Also, curious, does it require Cygwin? If so, meh... From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 10:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: automatic delete log files Been doing this for years and years.... <http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/compress-weblogs-and-remove-them-with-vbscript.aspx> Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ben N [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: automatic delete log files We have a few custom dev'd products we host that generate tons of log files. They cannot be turned off. (please don't ask why :) ) so after a few weeks or so, the C: drive fills up. I am curious what creative solutions people have done out there to deal with similar issues like this? There is the obvious choice of running some process/batch that deletes them on a schedule using task manager. anything else? -B ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
