I need to run an offline defrag due to mass deletion and archiving of email. Will the defrag reset item counts and folder sizes. Am currently seeing mismatches in mailbox sizes between Outlook and Exchange System Manager.
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:16:01 -0800, Kevin Heflin wrote: >I need to run an offline defrag due to mass deletion and archiving of email. >Will the defrag reset item counts and folder sizes. Am currently seeing >mismatches in mailbox sizes between Outlook and Exchange System Manager. That typically requires isinteg to fix those sort of issues. an offline defrag is generally frowned upon unless you have only one server and its standard. Otherwise, you should consider moving mailboxes to another store to empty out the first store instead. Less downtime, less risk.
Thanks Andy.. I have to run an offline defrag to due an impending disk space issue. There's not enough disk space for a new store right now. I'll be using an external USB drive for the defrag process. Should I run the isinteg utility to fix any errors prior to running the defrag utility? "Andy David {MVP}" wrote: > On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:16:01 -0800, Kevin Heflin > wrote: > > >I need to run an offline defrag due to mass deletion and archiving of email. > >Will the defrag reset item counts and folder sizes. Am currently seeing > >mismatches in mailbox sizes between Outlook and Exchange System Manager. > > That typically requires isinteg to fix those sort of issues. > an offline defrag is generally frowned upon unless you have only one > server and its standard. > Otherwise, you should consider moving mailboxes to another store to > empty out the first store instead. > Less downtime, less risk. > >
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:48:01 -0800, Kevin Heflin wrote: >Thanks Andy.. > >I have to run an offline defrag to due an impending disk space issue. >There's not enough disk space for a new store right now. I'll be using an >external USB drive for the defrag process. > >Should I run the isinteg utility to fix any errors prior to running the >defrag utility? Run isinteg afterwards using the fix alltests switches. Run it until any errors go away. Typically 3-4 times. Store Backups before and after. > > >"Andy David {MVP}" wrote: > >> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:16:01 -0800, Kevin Heflin >> wrote: >> >> >I need to run an offline defrag due to mass deletion and archiving of email. >> >Will the defrag reset item counts and folder sizes. Am currently seeing >> >mismatches in mailbox sizes between Outlook and Exchange System Manager. >> >> That typically requires isinteg to fix those sort of issues. >> an offline defrag is generally frowned upon unless you have only one >> server and its standard. >> Otherwise, you should consider moving mailboxes to another store to >> empty out the first store instead. >> Less downtime, less risk. >> >>
Kevin Heflin wrote: >I have to run an offline defrag to due an impending disk space issue. >There's not enough disk space for a new store right now. I'll be using an >external USB drive for the defrag process. Good luck with that. USB ain't SCSI-anything. :-( >Should I run the isinteg utility to fix any errors prior to running the >defrag utility? Nope. Run it /after/ the defrag -- and run it more than once. The first time is going to log a ton of fixes. The second pass should produce fewer (maybe none). You want to run isinteg until there are either no fixes or errors, or until running it doesn't reduce the number of fixes and errors. -- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Don't send mail to this address mailto:h.pott@getronics.com Or to these, either: mailto:h.pott@pinkroccade.com mailto:melvin.mcphucknuckle@getronics.com mailto:melvin.mcphucknuckle@pinkroccade.com
