[itdiscuss] Exchange Taking Unknown Drive Space

[Dan Barber]

Log Files are not on the same volume; besides, they are purged after each full backup.

Dan

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Ed Buford
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Exchange Taking Unknown Drive Space

Did you check your log files?

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Dan Barber
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 12:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Exchange Taking Unknown Drive Space

No shadow copy is turned on for that volume. Using Exchange 2007.

Dan

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rock
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Exchange Taking Unknown Drive Space

Dan,

Do you have the Shadow Copy turn on that drive on the server end?  If yes, check and see how much space that is using, if you delete that, or clear some of the older copies that will free up space.  What version of Exchange are you using?

Mark Rock
Information Systems Director
Lincoln Berean Church

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Dan Barber
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 8:50 AM
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Subject: [itdiscuss] Exchange Taking Unknown Drive Space

Folks,
A strange problem: I have 4 Exchange data stores on my server. They are segregated onto a DB array and a Log Files array, both separate from the C Drive. An examination of the file properties gives a total of about 37GB for the data store files (.edb) on the DB array, which is consistent with the backup size without compression. However, the Disk Management console says that 101GB is free (out of 250GB), and so reporting that this disk volume is somehow consuming 150GB instead of 37GB. How is this possible?

I have done everything I can to check for hidden/system files, including examining the individual file properties both from Windows and the command prompt. Anyone else have this issue? Any thoughts?

Dan


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