-------------------------------------------------------------------- SearchWin2000.com's Exchange Tip -------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S EXCHANGE TIP: Defragmentation of the Exchange Database ==================================================================== SPONSORED BY: NetIQ ==================================================================== NEW EXCHANGE 2000 WHITE PAPER: Get tips for monitoring and managing Exchange 2000 with NetIQ's FREE white paper. You will also learn how NetIQ's Exchange Management solutions help you ensure the health, availability and performance of your Exchange Servers, reduce support costs and fulfill corporate service level agreements (SLAs). http://www.netiq.com/sponsor/default.asp?250 ==================================================================== "Defragmentation of the Exchange Database" By Adesh Rampat Here's the situation: You examine mailbox resources and notice that there are some mailboxes belonging to employees no longer employed with the company. Some belong to key former employees and need to be kept, so you decide to move these mailboxes to another server and delete the unimportant ones. What happens then to the size of the information store? Does it decrease automatically? Exchange periodically performs a defragmentation of its databases. Exchange 5.5 and above perform online disk defragmentation on a regular basis. Previous versions of Exchange would require that you perform an offline defragmentation. The results of disk defragmentation would be logged in the application event log and would appear in the following format: Event ID: 1221 Source: MSExchangeIS Private Type: Information Category: General Description: The database has 100 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation has terminated. Sometimes though, after moving or deleting mailboxes that used up a large amount of disk space, it may be necessary to perform an offline defragmentation. The ESEUTIL command can perform this operation. But before running this command, do a backup first, and stop the information store service. To defragment the private information store perform the following: eseutil /d /ispriv. To defragment the public information store perform the following: eseutil /d /ispub. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adesh Rampat has 10 years experience with network and IT administration. He is a member of the Association of Internet Professionals, the Institute for Network Professionals and the International Webmasters Association. He has also lectured extensively on a variety of topics. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Want to discuss Exchange issues with your peers? Check out the searchWin2000 Exchange forum at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]. ==================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DID YOU LIKE THIS TIP? ==================================================================== Whether you loved it or hated it, why not let us know? E-mail us at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] to sound off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ==================================================================== LAST CHANCE TO WIN AN MP3 PLAYER! ==================================================================== This is the final week of our TIP CONTEST! Don't miss out on this final opportunity to win a Sony Vaio 64MB MP3 Player, valued at $300! As an added bonus, the winner will be the first person in our Tip Hall of Fame! Submit your tip now at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid1_tax5e3,00.html. (Categories include Administrator, Developer, Exchange, and Security.) ==================================================================== If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter simply reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the subject line. Or, visit http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/register and adjust your subscriptions accordingly. If you choose to unsubscribe using our automated processing, you must send the "REMOVE" request from the email account to which this newsletter was delivered. Please allow 24 hours for your "REMOVE" request to be processed.
