Exchange Problems - Slow Emails
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nice.. anything under 10% free space on a drive will degrade performance. having next to no free space will grind it to a halt. what total size is the C: drive?
id be interested to hear where your databases are stored.
gointo Exchange System Manager, drill down and go to the properties of your
Mailbox Store. Go to the Database Tab and it should tell you. if any of those are on C: then tell us and we can advise whether to move it or not.
id be interested to hear where your databases are stored.
gointo Exchange System Manager, drill down and go to the properties of your
Mailbox Store. Go to the Database Tab and it should tell you. if any of those are on C: then tell us and we can advise whether to move it or not.
DO NOT DELETE any files in the D:\ExchSrvr\Logs directory.
These are transaction logs and deleting them manually will mess up the server!!!
Clear them down by running a full backup, or alternatively turn on circular logging (google for steps)
EDIT: Not sure if anyone's already mentioned this, but many people have made this mistake.
These are transaction logs and deleting them manually will mess up the server!!!
Clear them down by running a full backup, or alternatively turn on circular logging (google for steps)
EDIT: Not sure if anyone's already mentioned this, but many people have made this mistake.
The problem is oddjob62, we can't do a backup 'cos it simply doesn't work. Believe me, I'm no expert at all so gonna trust you on this, but we had a company in a while ago and they advised us to delete the log files as they weren't needed!
As for the Exchange Server settings, I can't open that because it either says "Disc Full" or "MMC Cannot open the selected file."
Since this morning, I've had to clear the event log files 5 times as it just says they are full.
As an example of the sheer magnitude of the problem, we've had this on going since January when I started the contract, but over the Easter break it's just ground to a halt (probably 'cos I haven't been on hand to keep things in trim!).
Today, I've deleted nearly 500Mb of Uninstall directories, temporary files, and I'm literally watching the server take that 500Mb down to about 1.3Mb, then upto 28Mb, then down to 2Mb, etc, etc.
Absolute hell here, just can't wait for the new server to arrive in a few weeks time so things can be migrated over.
The server has been running (or rather had been) for a total of 812 days before we HAD to restart it last week as the people who we're renewing the contract with needed to do something, since then it's been hell!!
*ang on*
Exchange has now worked; details are:
The mailboxes (Private and Public) are stored on the D:, which has about 120Gb free.
As for the Exchange Server settings, I can't open that because it either says "Disc Full" or "MMC Cannot open the selected file."
Since this morning, I've had to clear the event log files 5 times as it just says they are full.
As an example of the sheer magnitude of the problem, we've had this on going since January when I started the contract, but over the Easter break it's just ground to a halt (probably 'cos I haven't been on hand to keep things in trim!).
Today, I've deleted nearly 500Mb of Uninstall directories, temporary files, and I'm literally watching the server take that 500Mb down to about 1.3Mb, then upto 28Mb, then down to 2Mb, etc, etc.
Absolute hell here, just can't wait for the new server to arrive in a few weeks time so things can be migrated over.
The server has been running (or rather had been) for a total of 812 days before we HAD to restart it last week as the people who we're renewing the contract with needed to do something, since then it's been hell!!
*ang on*
Exchange has now worked; details are:
The mailboxes (Private and Public) are stored on the D:, which has about 120Gb free.
Ok, one place not mentioned is the SMTP queue directories.
in the Exchange admin go to the server -> Protocols -> SMTP -> Right click Default SMTP Virtual Server -> Properties -> Messages. Check the location of the Badmail and Queue directories. Maybe they are in C:
There is no problem in clearing the content of the bad mail directory
in the Exchange admin go to the server -> Protocols -> SMTP -> Right click Default SMTP Virtual Server -> Properties -> Messages. Check the location of the Badmail and Queue directories. Maybe they are in C:
There is no problem in clearing the content of the bad mail directory
Indeed, do not delete those logs for the love of God
Doing a backup, even with the built-in NTBackup, will help!