Disk Space

[2know]

I'm running low on disk space on my Exchange 5.5 server.
I have deleted many users of the course of time and have not cleaned up the database. Any recommendations?

 

[Guest_imported]

The information store database size will not decrease when you delete users.
The deleted users data will be removed but the db space assigned to these users will remain and be marked as free database space. You will need to defrag the IS to reduce the remove this free db space and reduce the IS size.

You should also check if you have a large number of edb log files. If you dont have circular logging enabled and are not doing regular online backups these 5Meg logs will increase in number over time using up disk space.

 

[lardum]

Use a tool called ESEUTIL /D with parameters to defrag the Exchange DB. Use a switch to redirect the temp file of the defrag process to another drive.

Use: ESEUTIL /D ISPRIV /TX:\TEMPDFRG.TMP
Where:
/D is Defrag
/T redirect temporary files to X:\TEMPDFRG.TMP