Exchange generates too much log files...   

Hello everyone:

    I got a very weird situation, I never I saw that exchange 2000 sp3, 
generates too many files E000000x.log, with a size of 5.0 MB, made this 
until my HD is Full, and that makes that the MTA service goes down, stoping 
all my e-mail service, I saw in KB and there is only one case that says "how 
to recover the database using the E0000001.log file", but there is no case 
or knowlegement to prevent or correct this case.

Any Ideas are welcome....



Baruch Ortiz

date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:40:19 -0500   author:   Baruch Ortiz

Re: Exchange generates too much log files...   

Those are transaction log files and only get removed by using an exchange 
aware backup program to perform a full online backup of the information 
store. This can be accomplished by using the Windows server backup program 
on your exchange server. How are you performing backups?
"Baruch Ortiz"  wrote in message 
news:%23aeRjOniGHA.836@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hello everyone:
>
>    I got a very weird situation, I never I saw that exchange 2000 sp3, 
> generates too many files E000000x.log, with a size of 5.0 MB, made this 
> until my HD is Full, and that makes that the MTA service goes down, 
> stoping all my e-mail service, I saw in KB and there is only one case that 
> says "how to recover the database using the E0000001.log file", but there 
> is no case or knowlegement to prevent or correct this case.
>
> Any Ideas are welcome....
>
>
>
> Baruch Ortiz
>

date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:58:40 -0400   author:   Kevin Longley

Re: Exchange generates too much log files...   

Oops... I never perform any backup in that server... how do i do it?, with 
this I prevent that this happend again?


Baruch Ortiz


"Kevin Longley"  escribi en el mensaje 
news:ecuIqXoiGHA.4776@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Those are transaction log files and only get removed by using an exchange 
> aware backup program to perform a full online backup of the information 
> store. This can be accomplished by using the Windows server backup program 
> on your exchange server. How are you performing backups?
> "Baruch Ortiz"  wrote in message 
> news:%23aeRjOniGHA.836@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hello everyone:
>>
>>    I got a very weird situation, I never I saw that exchange 2000 sp3, 
>> generates too many files E000000x.log, with a size of 5.0 MB, made this 
>> until my HD is Full, and that makes that the MTA service goes down, 
>> stoping all my e-mail service, I saw in KB and there is only one case 
>> that says "how to recover the database using the E0000001.log file", but 
>> there is no case or knowlegement to prevent or correct this case.
>>
>> Any Ideas are welcome....
>>
>>
>>
>> Baruch Ortiz
>>
>
>

date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:43:52 -0500   author:   Baruch Ortiz

Re: Exchange generates too much log files...   

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328150/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258243/en-us

In general if you search the Microsoft KB you can find many articles on the 
subject.

"Baruch Ortiz"  wrote in message 
news:%23ZtbmNxiGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Oops... I never perform any backup in that server... how do i do it?, with 
> this I prevent that this happend again?
>
>
> Baruch Ortiz
>
>
> "Kevin Longley"  escribi en el mensaje 
> news:ecuIqXoiGHA.4776@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Those are transaction log files and only get removed by using an exchange 
>> aware backup program to perform a full online backup of the information 
>> store. This can be accomplished by using the Windows server backup 
>> program on your exchange server. How are you performing backups?
>> "Baruch Ortiz"  wrote in message 
>> news:%23aeRjOniGHA.836@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello everyone:
>>>
>>>    I got a very weird situation, I never I saw that exchange 2000 sp3, 
>>> generates too many files E000000x.log, with a size of 5.0 MB, made this 
>>> until my HD is Full, and that makes that the MTA service goes down, 
>>> stoping all my e-mail service, I saw in KB and there is only one case 
>>> that says "how to recover the database using the E0000001.log file", but 
>>> there is no case or knowlegement to prevent or correct this case.
>>>
>>> Any Ideas are welcome....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Baruch Ortiz
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 17:31:25 -0400   author:   Kevin Longley

Re: Exchange generates too much log files...   

doing those procedures will prevent this phenomenon happen again?

Baruch Ortiz

"Kevin Longley"  escribi en el mensaje 
news:ekESmL0iGHA.2220@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328150/en-us
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258243/en-us
>
> In general if you search the Microsoft KB you can find many articles on 
> the subject.
>
> "Baruch Ortiz"  wrote in message 
> news:%23ZtbmNxiGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Oops... I never perform any backup in that server... how do i do it?, 
>> with this I prevent that this happend again?
>>
>>
>> Baruch Ortiz
>>
>>
>> "Kevin Longley"  escribi en el mensaje 
>> news:ecuIqXoiGHA.4776@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Those are transaction log files and only get removed by using an 
>>> exchange aware backup program to perform a full online backup of the 
>>> information store. This can be accomplished by using the Windows server 
>>> backup program on your exchange server. How are you performing backups?
>>> "Baruch Ortiz"  wrote in message 
>>> news:%23aeRjOniGHA.836@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hello everyone:
>>>>
>>>>    I got a very weird situation, I never I saw that exchange 2000 sp3, 
>>>> generates too many files E000000x.log, with a size of 5.0 MB, made this 
>>>> until my HD is Full, and that makes that the MTA service goes down, 
>>>> stoping all my e-mail service, I saw in KB and there is only one case 
>>>> that says "how to recover the database using the E0000001.log file", 
>>>> but there is no case or knowlegement to prevent or correct this case.
>>>>
>>>> Any Ideas are welcome....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Baruch Ortiz
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:40:14 -0500   author:   Baruch Ortiz

Re: Exchange generates too much log files...   

Yes - online backups configured properly will truncate the logs.

"Baruch Ortiz"  wrote in message 
news:efoYaPKkGHA.4672@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> doing those procedures will prevent this phenomenon happen again?
>
> Baruch Ortiz
>
> "Kevin Longley"  escribi en el mensaje 
> news:ekESmL0iGHA.2220@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328150/en-us
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258243/en-us
>>
>> In general if you search the Microsoft KB you can find many articles on 
>> the subject.
>>
>> "Baruch Ortiz"  wrote in message 
>> news:%23ZtbmNxiGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Oops... I never perform any backup in that server... how do i do it?, 
>>> with this I prevent that this happend again?
>>>
>>>
>>> Baruch Ortiz
>>>
>>>
>>> "Kevin Longley"  escribi en el mensaje 
>>> news:ecuIqXoiGHA.4776@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Those are transaction log files and only get removed by using an 
>>>> exchange aware backup program to perform a full online backup of the 
>>>> information store. This can be accomplished by using the Windows server 
>>>> backup program on your exchange server. How are you performing backups?
>>>> "Baruch Ortiz"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:%23aeRjOniGHA.836@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hello everyone:
>>>>>
>>>>>    I got a very weird situation, I never I saw that exchange 2000 sp3, 
>>>>> generates too many files E000000x.log, with a size of 5.0 MB, made 
>>>>> this until my HD is Full, and that makes that the MTA service goes 
>>>>> down, stoping all my e-mail service, I saw in KB and there is only one 
>>>>> case that says "how to recover the database using the E0000001.log 
>>>>> file", but there is no case or knowlegement to prevent or correct this 
>>>>> case.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any Ideas are welcome....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Baruch Ortiz
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:19:32 -0400   author:   Kevin Longley