I have over 500mb in these E00000??.LOG files CAN I DELETE THEM?

Alan Kamrowski II

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Mar 4, 2001, 11:51:13 PM3/4/01

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I moved the databases (priv1.edb, priv1.stm, pub1.edb, pub1.stm) all to a
separate drive, but after looking in the mdbdata directory they came from I
found all these log files named E00000xx.LOG and each one is 5,242,880
bytes.

What are these files used for and can I safely delete or move them?

Thanks,

Alan

Kirill S. Palagin

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Mar 5, 2001, 1:46:54 AM3/5/01

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Alan Kamrowski II wrote:

> I moved the databases (priv1.edb, priv1.stm, pub1.edb, pub1.stm) all to a
> separate drive,

HOW you did that?

> but after looking in the mdbdata directory they came from I
> found all these log files named E00000xx.LOG and each one is 5,242,880
> bytes.
>
> What are these files used for

Those are transaction logs. More info in
http://www.microsoft.com/Exchange/techinfo/BackupRestore.htm
(their purpose is the same for both legacy versions of Exchange and E2K).

> and can I safely delete

NO!!
Perform normal online backup of Exchange databases and they will disappear.

> or move them?

You can move them using PerfOpt.

>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan

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Rich Matheisen [MVP]

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Mar 5, 2001, 1:55:57 PM3/5/01

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"Kirill S. Palagin" <kpal...@phxint.nomailplease.glasnet.ru> wrote:

>Alan Kamrowski II wrote:
>
>> I moved the databases (priv1.edb, priv1.stm, pub1.edb, pub1.stm) all to a
>> separate drive,
>
>HOW you did that?

For Exchange 2000, there's only one way: by hand.

>> or move them?
>
>You can move them using PerfOpt.

No Perfromance Optimizer exists for E2K.

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MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm

Alan Kamrowski II

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Mar 5, 2001, 2:50:55 PM3/5/01

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Rich,

> >> I moved the databases (priv1.edb, priv1.stm, pub1.edb, pub1.stm) all to
a
> >> separate drive,
> >
> >HOW you did that?
>
> For Exchange 2000, there's only one way: by hand.

I did it using the Exchange Manager by going into the stores properties and
chose to move them. It then stopped the appropriate services for me, moved
the files for me, and then restarted the services.

Do you know what I can do with these log files? I do a backup every day and
they still persist.

Thanks,

Alan

Rich Matheisen [MVP]

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Mar 5, 2001, 5:32:23 PM3/5/01

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"Alan Kamrowski II" <nos...@forme38924.com> wrote:

[ snip ]

>> For Exchange 2000, there's only one way: by hand.
>
>I did it using the Exchange Manager by going into the stores properties and
>chose to move them. It then stopped the appropriate services for me, moved
>the files for me, and then restarted the services.

That's pretty much what I meant "by hand". It's the equivilant of
using the "Database Path" tab on the server's property page in
Exchange 5.5. Sorry if it sounded like I meant you had to edit the
registry and fiddle with backups.

>Do you know what I can do with these log files? I do a backup every day and
>they still persist.

Do you have more than one database in the storage group? Do you back
up ALL the databases in the storage group? Are you making on-line
backup or are you stopping the services (or dismounting the databases)
and making the backup as a file-level backup?

Chad

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Mar 5, 2001, 5:33:24 PM3/5/01

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Try TechNet article Q240145

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Alan Kamrowski II

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Mar 5, 2001, 6:33:20 PM3/5/01

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Chad,

>Try TechNet article Q240145
Is this article relevant for Exchange 2k too?

Thanks,

Alan

Kirill S. Palagin

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Mar 6, 2001, 1:44:29 PM3/6/01

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Thanks for information.

"Rich Matheisen [MVP]" wrote:

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