Help Exchange Server 2000 Too Full

[Xiapexman]

I accidentally restored a pst file that was approx 2GB into a Exchange server mail box. I then moved all the mail msgs and attachments off of the exchange server onto the local machine (via outlook browser) but I didn't gain my space back on the server. What Happened? And how do I restore the 2GB of free space on the server?

 

[FAM]

Xiapexman,
Deleting or moving files does not reduce space on Exchange.

To regain your 2GB (and even more) you will have to defrag the machine see

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;192185

 

[Xiapexman]

Thanks FAM. I reduced the 2+GB database back down to 10MB.

Do you know what the log files are for in the c:\exchsrver\mdbdata\ folder? If I could get rid of them it would give me another gig of space.

 

[FAM]

(I dont think this is the recommended practice)
I had a similar problem a year ago where i had a 1GB log file which i was sick of as it was causing nothing but trouble as it took up 1/5th of on my C: drive, so i stopped all the exchange services, and copied the log file onto another PC, then deleted the orignial from the c:\exchsrver\mdbdata\ directory, i then went into all my exchange logging options (in Connections) and made sure the majority where set for medium/minimum logging.
Then restarted the services and now a year later my log files have never been over 6MB!

Hope this helps.

FAM

 

[SKent]

I just recently had a similar problem but what happened to me was that I reached my maximum 16GB information store. Since I didn't have enough disk space to do a exutil defrag on the server, I had to do an off line defrag ... then cleaned up the mailboxes by running the exchange mailbox manager and the go back and do another defraf .. my 16GB went down to 2GB . WOW ... was my boss and I happy campers .. U Bet!!!