How to pack the mailbox and public folder size

[Hughs Man]

I am using exchange 2003 now
Recently I was notified the harddisk is out of space.
Thus I remove part of the email of each folder and the public folder.
But the folder size doesn't trim down.

Is there method to pack the size ?

 

[Guest]

You have to run an offline defragmentation to reclaim the space.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328804

Tony
www.activedir.org

 

[Hughs Man]

Thanks very much for the help.
Beside, I find there are many .LOG file with 5G each on the mdbdata folder.
What's that ? Is it usable ?

 

[Guest]

That would probably be the transaction log files. More information on these
here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...rps/d42ef860-170b-44fe-94c3-ec68e3b0e0ff.mspx

Tony
www.activedir.org

 

[Susan]

only way to compact the database is to run eseutil in defrag mode...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192185/en-us

always take a full online backup immediately prior and after...