Log files choking me for space - safe to delete?

[NicktheNewbie]

I have several thousand log files like:
C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\E000083A.log
Going back to the date we installed exchange...
Are these files safe to delete, and how can I stop/limit the amount of information going into these logs?

 

[jaimeortega]

I don't think so.

I'm pretty sure that the log files to restore exchange. If you do a backup of the IS the log files should be deleted though. So don't delete them unless you do a full backup of your IS.

Cheers
-JO

 

[darren97]

You need to back these files up using an exchange aware backup program. We use NT backup, works fine. The log files or the checkpoint file should never be deleted. A full backup of the IS will back up the exchange stores and flush the transactional logs for the stores.

 

[xmsre]

1. If you whack uncommited logs your stores will dismount.

2. Do a full online backup with an exchange aware backup program to truncate your logs.