Offline database defrag

14 Jan 2009 6:54 PM

Mike W

I am currently running an exchange 2007 sp1 offline database defrag on one of
my databases. I can't tell if it's doing anything. ">>" appears in the
command prompt after I execute the command. Also, I am telling it to place
the temp database on a separate local partition. How do you know if anything
is happening?

14 Jan 2009 10:21 PM

John Fullbright

And what is the point of doing the offline defrag in the first place?

In the temp location you should see the file temp.edb getting larger.

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"Mike W" <Mi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am currently running an exchange 2007 sp1 offline database defrag on one
>of
> my databases. I can't tell if it's doing anything. ">>" appears in the
> command prompt after I execute the command. Also, I am telling it to place
> the temp database on a separate local partition. How do you know if
> anything
> is happening?

14 Jan 2009 10:38 PM

Mike W

Our database has come dangerously close to the disk limit and we moved a
bunch of users over to another database. Now we need to compact it.

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"John Fullbright" wrote:

> And what is the point of doing the offline defrag in the first place?
>
> In the temp location you should see the file temp.edb getting larger.
>
>
> "Mike W" <Mi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:185C31E8-CD09-4795-A202-359F41D9CEA9@microsoft.com...
> >I am currently running an exchange 2007 sp1 offline database defrag on one
> >of
> > my databases. I can't tell if it's doing anything. ">>" appears in the
> > command prompt after I execute the command. Also, I am telling it to place
> > the temp database on a separate local partition. How do you know if
> > anything
> > is happening?
>
>
>

15 Jan 2009 1:27 AM

Ed Crowley [MVP]

What is the exact and complete command you are entering and where are you
entering it?

--
Ed Crowley MVP
"There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
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"Mike W" <Mi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Our database has come dangerously close to the disk limit and we moved a
> bunch of users over to another database. Now we need to compact it.
>
> "John Fullbright" wrote:
>
>> And what is the point of doing the offline defrag in the first place?
>>
>> In the temp location you should see the file temp.edb getting larger.
>>
>>
>> "Mike W" <Mi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:185C31E8-CD09-4795-A202-359F41D9CEA9@microsoft.com...
>> >I am currently running an exchange 2007 sp1 offline database defrag on
>> >one
>> >of
>> > my databases. I can't tell if it's doing anything. ">>" appears in the
>> > command prompt after I execute the command. Also, I am telling it to
>> > place
>> > the temp database on a separate local partition. How do you know if
>> > anything
>> > is happening?
>>
>>
>>

15 Jan 2009 11:56 AM

Oliver Moazzezi [MVP]

Mike are you at database capacity for the version of Exchange 2007 you are
running?

What is the entire eseutil /d command you are entering? and how much space
is available on the disk or the temp location (/t) you are using?

Oliver

15 Jan 2009 3:10 PM

Mike W

We are running Exchange 2007 enterprise 64bit. There is 200GB available on
the temp location. The database is approximately 183GB. Here is the exact
command I am entering (this is after I cd to to where eseutil is actually
located):

C:\>eseutil /d f:\Storage Group 2 - fs\Mailbox Database 2 /t g:\temp_mailbox

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"Oliver Moazzezi [MVP]" wrote:

> Mike are you at database capacity for the version of Exchange 2007 you are
> running?
>
> What is the entire eseutil /d command you are entering? and how much space
> is available on the disk or the temp location (/t) you are using?
>
> Oliver
>
>
>
>

15 Jan 2009 7:22 PM

Ed Crowley [MVP]

It looks like you're missing some quotes there.

eseutil /d "f:\Storage Group 2 - fs\Mailbox Database 2" /t g:\temp_mailbox

This assumes that what's inside the quotes "f:\Storage Group 2 - fs\Mailbox
Database 2" is a valid path. I don't believe it is because there's no .edb
on it.

--
Ed Crowley MVP
"There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
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"Mike W" <Mi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We are running Exchange 2007 enterprise 64bit. There is 200GB available on
> the temp location. The database is approximately 183GB. Here is the exact
> command I am entering (this is after I cd to to where eseutil is actually
> located):
>
> C:\>eseutil /d f:\Storage Group 2 - fs\Mailbox Database 2 /t
> g:\temp_mailbox
>
> "Oliver Moazzezi [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Mike are you at database capacity for the version of Exchange 2007 you
>> are
>> running?
>>
>> What is the entire eseutil /d command you are entering? and how much
>> space
>> is available on the disk or the temp location (/t) you are using?
>>
>> Oliver
>>
>>
>>
>>

15 Jan 2009 7:30 PM

Mike W

I finally got a resolution on this. I had to call Microsoft. There were some
problems with my database. it wasn't consistent. It's working now. Thanks for
your help.

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"Ed Crowley [MVP]" wrote:

> It looks like you're missing some quotes there.
>
> eseutil /d "f:\Storage Group 2 - fs\Mailbox Database 2" /t g:\temp_mailbox
>
> This assumes that what's inside the quotes "f:\Storage Group 2 - fs\Mailbox
> Database 2" is a valid path. I don't believe it is because there's no .edb
> on it.
> --
> Ed Crowley MVP
> "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
> ..
>
> "Mike W" <Mi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5E17231D-D24D-4387-A9B9-D63B11C4493E@microsoft.com...
> > We are running Exchange 2007 enterprise 64bit. There is 200GB available on
> > the temp location. The database is approximately 183GB. Here is the exact
> > command I am entering (this is after I cd to to where eseutil is actually
> > located):
> >
> > C:\>eseutil /d f:\Storage Group 2 - fs\Mailbox Database 2 /t
> > g:\temp_mailbox
> >
> > "Oliver Moazzezi [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Mike are you at database capacity for the version of Exchange 2007 you
> >> are
> >> running?
> >>
> >> What is the entire eseutil /d command you are entering? and how much
> >> space
> >> is available on the disk or the temp location (/t) you are using?
> >>
> >> Oliver
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>