Exchange 2007 disk space

6 Jul 2009 10:39 AM

Bobj

Hi,

Our Exchange 2007 server has 3 partitions at the moment, the OS, one for
Exchange and the third is for data. exchange is fast outgrowing its partition
and the plan is to move the database onto the third (data) partition. We are
currently moving data from the third partition to accomodate this move. Is
there any way that we can free up some space in Exchange to give us a little
leeway to make the move.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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RJ

6 Jul 2009 2:04 PM

Lee Derbyshire [MVP]

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"Bobj" <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:77AED30F-13F5-48F6-B6DD-14ED1B9F7292@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Our Exchange 2007 server has 3 partitions at the moment, the OS, one for
> Exchange and the third is for data. exchange is fast outgrowing its
> partition
> and the plan is to move the database onto the third (data) partition. We
> are
> currently moving data from the third partition to accomodate this move.
> Is
> there any way that we can free up some space in Exchange to give us a
> little
> leeway to make the move.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> --
> RJ

Have you tried:
1. Do a full backup to purge the log files
2. Turn off deleted item retention for a while
3. Ask your users to clean up their mailboxes
4. Try an offline defrag, in case you have some white space in the DB.

Lee.

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6 Jul 2009 3:48 PM

Bobj

Hi Lee,

Thanks for your reply. I think the db woukld benefit from an offline defrag,
but there is not enough space on the exchange drive to do this. I'll give the
other options a go. Would an option be to create another db on the data
partition and move some mailboxes over?

Thanks

Bob

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"Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" wrote:

> "Bobj" <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:77AED30F-13F5-48F6-B6DD-14ED1B9F7292@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Our Exchange 2007 server has 3 partitions at the moment, the OS, one for
> > Exchange and the third is for data. exchange is fast outgrowing its
> > partition
> > and the plan is to move the database onto the third (data) partition. We
> > are
> > currently moving data from the third partition to accomodate this move.
> > Is
> > there any way that we can free up some space in Exchange to give us a
> > little
> > leeway to make the move.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > --
> > RJ
>
> Have you tried:
> 1. Do a full backup to purge the log files
> 2. Turn off deleted item retention for a while
> 3. Ask your users to clean up their mailboxes
> 4. Try an offline defrag, in case you have some white space in the DB.
>
> Lee.
>
> --
> ______________________________________
>
> Outlook Web Access For PDA , OWA For WAP
> www.leederbyshire.com
> lee a.t leederbyshire d.o.t c.o.m
> ______________________________________
>
>
>

6 Jul 2009 4:24 PM

Ed Crowley [MVP]

If you move all mailboxes from mailbox database 1 to new database 2,
dismount 1, delete 1's EDB file, then mount 1 again, you'll have a nice
clean tiny database. This is generally preferable nowadays to running the
defragmentation utility EDBUTIL /D.

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"There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
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"Bobj" <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Lee,
>
> Thanks for your reply. I think the db woukld benefit from an offline
> defrag,
> but there is not enough space on the exchange drive to do this. I'll give
> the
> other options a go. Would an option be to create another db on the data
> partition and move some mailboxes over?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob
>
> --
> RJ
>
>
> "Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> "Bobj" <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:77AED30F-13F5-48F6-B6DD-14ED1B9F7292@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Our Exchange 2007 server has 3 partitions at the moment, the OS, one
>> > for
>> > Exchange and the third is for data. exchange is fast outgrowing its
>> > partition
>> > and the plan is to move the database onto the third (data) partition.
>> > We
>> > are
>> > currently moving data from the third partition to accomodate this move.
>> > Is
>> > there any way that we can free up some space in Exchange to give us a
>> > little
>> > leeway to make the move.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > --
>> > RJ
>>
>> Have you tried:
>> 1. Do a full backup to purge the log files
>> 2. Turn off deleted item retention for a while
>> 3. Ask your users to clean up their mailboxes
>> 4. Try an offline defrag, in case you have some white space in the DB.
>>
>> Lee.
>>
>> --
>> ______________________________________
>>
>> Outlook Web Access For PDA , OWA For WAP
>> www.leederbyshire.com
>> lee a.t leederbyshire d.o.t c.o.m
>> ______________________________________
>>
>>
>>

7 Jul 2009 8:57 AM

Bobj

Hi Ed,

I'll give that a go.

Many thanks

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RJ

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"Ed Crowley [MVP]" wrote:

> If you move all mailboxes from mailbox database 1 to new database 2,
> dismount 1, delete 1's EDB file, then mount 1 again, you'll have a nice
> clean tiny database. This is generally preferable nowadays to running the
> defragmentation utility EDBUTIL /D.
> --
> Ed Crowley MVP
> "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
> ..
>
> "Bobj" <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A2BAFBD9-E6E3-476D-A9DE-C4CA42C1A263@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Lee,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply. I think the db woukld benefit from an offline
> > defrag,
> > but there is not enough space on the exchange drive to do this. I'll give
> > the
> > other options a go. Would an option be to create another db on the data
> > partition and move some mailboxes over?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > --
> > RJ
> >
> >
> > "Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> "Bobj" <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:77AED30F-13F5-48F6-B6DD-14ED1B9F7292@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Our Exchange 2007 server has 3 partitions at the moment, the OS, one
> >> > for
> >> > Exchange and the third is for data. exchange is fast outgrowing its
> >> > partition
> >> > and the plan is to move the database onto the third (data) partition.
> >> > We
> >> > are
> >> > currently moving data from the third partition to accomodate this move.
> >> > Is
> >> > there any way that we can free up some space in Exchange to give us a
> >> > little
> >> > leeway to make the move.
> >> >
> >> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > --
> >> > RJ
> >>
> >> Have you tried:
> >> 1. Do a full backup to purge the log files
> >> 2. Turn off deleted item retention for a while
> >> 3. Ask your users to clean up their mailboxes
> >> 4. Try an offline defrag, in case you have some white space in the DB.
> >>
> >> Lee.
> >>
> >> --
> >> ______________________________________
> >>
> >> Outlook Web Access For PDA , OWA For WAP
> >> www.leederbyshire.com
> >> lee a.t leederbyshire d.o.t c.o.m
> >> ______________________________________
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

6 Jul 2009 4:25 PM

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Bobj <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Our Exchange 2007 server has 3 partitions at the moment, the OS, one
> for Exchange and the third is for data. exchange is fast outgrowing
> its partition and the plan is to move the database onto the third
> (data) partition. We are currently moving data from the third
> partition to accomodate this move. Is there any way that we can free
> up some space in Exchange to give us a little leeway to make the move.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks

If you're just moving your data store(s), I don't see the issue or what
'leeway' means. Move your user data files elsewhere if you're running low on
space - those are simple to move (even to another server). Just move the
databases and logs to the partition with the most space.