Exchange stopped deleting log files after backups
Guy Melamed
The Exchange 2007 server suddenly stopped deleting log files after
successful backups.
I tried backing storage groups using ntbackup to a local hard drive on the
active CCR node, and backup completes successfully (Event ID 213), but event
ID 916 from ESE BACKUP is not logged, and logs are not deleted. I cannot find
any backup related warnings or errors.
I have used get-storagegroupcopystatus and test-replicationhealth cmdlets,
and all the storage groups are in a healthy status, and all replication
health tests passed.
I would also like to mention that I had an SCR target for all the storage
groups on this Exchange server. This standard Exchange SCR target eas
uninstalled, and Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus –StandByMachine is returning a
reply that copy status is not configured to this target.
Thanks,
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Guy Melamed
MCSE: Messgaing (2000/2003)
fshi...@iservices.com
> I have a problem with Exchange 2007 SP1 CCR at a customer.
>
> The Exchange 2007 server suddenly stopped deleting log files after
> successful backups.
I have the same issue, only that it has _never_ deleted the log files
after a backup. I am using NTBackup.
Here are my event logs:
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Event Type: Information
Event Source: NTBackup
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8018
Date: 1/11/2008
Time: 8:00:08 PM
Description:
Begin Operation
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Event Type: Information
Event Source: NTBackup
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8000
Date: 1/11/2008
Time: 8:00:09 PM
Description:
Begin Backup of 'SKEXCHANGE\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage
Group'
Verify: Off
Mode: Replace
Type: Copy
-----
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ESE
Event Category: Logging/Recovery
Event ID: 210
Date: 1/11/2008
Time: 8:00:12 PM
Description:
MSExchangeIS (1600) First Storage Group: A full backup is starting.
-----
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ESE
Event Category: Logging/Recovery
Event ID: 220
Date: 1/11/2008
Time: 8:00:12 PM
Description:
MSExchangeIS (1600) First Storage Group: Beginning the backup of the
file D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage
Group\Mailbox Database.edb (size 6401 Mb).
-----
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ESE BACKUP
Event Category: Backup
Event ID: 907
Date: 1/11/2008
Time: 8:00:12 PM
Description:
Information Store (1600) Backup data transfer method is shared memory
(64kb).
-----
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ESE
Event Category: Logging/Recovery
Event ID: 221
Date: 1/11/2008
Time: 8:26:03 PM
Description:
MSExchangeIS (1600) First Storage Group: Ending the backup of the file
D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group
\Mailbox Database.edb.
-----
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ESE
Event Category: Logging/Recovery
Event ID: 223
Date: 1/11/2008
Time: 8:26:03 PM
Description:
MSExchangeIS (1600) First Storage Group: Starting the backup of log
files (range D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First
Storage Group\E0000005F9B.log - D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange
Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\E0000005F9E.log).
-----
Event Type: Information
Event Source: NTBackup
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8001
Date: 1/11/2008
Time: 8:26:04 PM
Description:
End Backup of 'SKEXCHANGE\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage
Group' '
The operation was successfully completed.'
Verify: Off
Mode: Replace
Type: Copy
Consult the backup report for more details.
-----
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ESE
Event Category: Logging/Recovery
Event ID: 213
Date: 1/11/2008
Time: 8:26:04 PM
Description:
MSExchangeIS (1600) First Storage Group: The backup procedure has been
successfully completed.
-----
And that is it! (I eliminated the event log entries for the "Second
Storage Group" since they are almost exact copies of the ones for the
"First Storage Group"
Here is the backup report:
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Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: "SKExchange Exchange Stores Friday Backup.bkf created
1/11/2008 at 8:00 PM"
Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
Backup of "SKEXCHANGE\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group"
Backup set #1 on media #1
Backup description: "Set created 7/24/2007 at 3:32 PM"
Media name: "SKExchange Exchange Stores Friday Backup.bkf created
1/11/2008 at 8:00 PM"
Backup Type: Copy
Backup started on 1/11/2008 at 8:00 PM.
Backup completed on 1/11/2008 at 8:26 PM.
Directories: 3
Files: 5
Bytes: 6,716,957,758
Time: 25 minutes and 55 seconds
Backup of "SKEXCHANGE\Microsoft Information Store\Second Storage
Group"
Backup set #2 on media #1
Backup description: "Set created 7/24/2007 at 3:32 PM"
Media name: "SKExchange Exchange Stores Friday Backup.bkf created
1/11/2008 at 8:00 PM"
Backup Type: Copy
Backup started on 1/11/2008 at 8:26 PM.
Backup completed on 1/11/2008 at 8:26 PM.
Directories: 3
Files: 3
Bytes: 39,871,226
Time: 7 seconds
-----
Hopefully someone out there can help. My server now has 24,683 log
files for a total of 30.3GB of logs!
I'm almost out of space!
Susan
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Susan Conkey [MVP]
<fshi...@iservices.com> wrote in message
news:e7b47ac4-92ca-41f3...@e4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
fshi...@iservices.com
> same result if you execute a "normal" backup? as opposed to a "copy"?
That's the problem: I was using the backup type "copy" instead of
"normal". Once I ran a "normal" backup, it deleted all but my most
recent (uncommitted?) log files.
To Guy Melamed:
Check your command line that you use to do the backup. Look for a
switch that says "/m copy" and change it to "/m normal". Once I did
this, I got an additional event in the Application event log entry:
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Event Type: Information
Event Source: ESE
Event Category: Logging/Recovery
Event ID: 224
Date: 1/15/2008
Time: 7:43:42 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SKEXCHANGE
Description:
MSExchangeIS (1600) First Storage Group: Deleting log files D:\Program
Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group
\E0000000001.log to D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox
\First Storage Group\E0000006062.log.
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So, this is the list of Application event log entries that I get with
a successful backup of the "First Storage Group" that also results in
deletion of unnecessary log files:
ntbackup 8018
ntbackup 8000
ESE 210
ESE 220
ESE BACKUP 907
ESE 221
ESE 223
ntbackup 8001
* ESE 224
ESE 213
ntbackup 8019
Hope it helps.
Guy Melamed
I am using a normal backup.
Guy
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Guy Melamed
MCSE: Messgaing (2000/2003)
Susan
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Susan Conkey [MVP]
"Guy Melamed" <guy.m...@news.postalias> wrote in message
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Guy Melamed
I did not post my log file...
Anyway, I found the problem.
After I installed a second SCR server target server and enabled storage
group copy to the new target, I could see that the old scr was configured as
an SCR target.
Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Configure an SCR target.
2. Uninstall the SCR target server without disabling strogare group copy.
When you test the storage group copy status for the uninstalled server, you
will get a ststus of "not configured", but log files will not be deleted.
To resolve:
1. Configure a seconf SCR target server.
2. Check replication status for the removed SCR target and get a status of
configured.
3. Disable storage group copy to the old SCR target.