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date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:00:07 -0400,
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Re: Exchange 2003 - Massive amounts of .log files being generated
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:00:07 -0400, "Paul M. Landry"
wrote:
>Hi All,
>I have an Exchange 2003 SP2 server.
>Two days ago, a tremendous amount of E*.log files started appearing in the
>mdbdata directory.
>I'm talking about three 5 MB log files appearing every minute.
>I became aware of the problem when my monitoring software registered low
>disk space on the server.
>I've been moving these files off to another drive, but am running out of
>space there.
>Has anyone else had this happen?
>What can I do to prevent this from happening.
>I'm backing up Exchange each night, with Backup Exec 10d ( a full data
>store, and then individual mailboxes).
>Not sure if this info helps, but that has been in place for almost two
>years, without this kind of problem.
>Thanks,
>
>Paul Landry
>
These would be your database transaction logs. And moving those log
files was just about the worst thing you could have told us, almost.
What you probably have is a message loop, a virus in there somewhere
or the anti virus is scanning your databases.
date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:08:11 +0100
author: Mark Arnold [MVP]
Re: Exchange 2003 - Massive amounts of .log files being generated
Uh oh.
Safety goggles on.
I moved logs from the previous day on back. Nothing for the current day.
Hopefully this makes it less damaging?
I've got TrendMicro ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange 7.0 installed and
current on filters.
There were only two messages in the quarantine folder with viruses.
I'm also running IMF, which kills most of the crap before it gets into the
store.
I'm not seeing anything in the event logs related to message loops.
I did have a message looping about three years, and these did show up in the
logs.
Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?
Thanks,
Paul
"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote in message
news:1le2f355brc7cl8qteq5vmsobuk24k44rj@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:00:07 -0400, "Paul M. Landry"
> wrote:
>
>>Hi All,
>>I have an Exchange 2003 SP2 server.
>>Two days ago, a tremendous amount of E*.log files started appearing in the
>>mdbdata directory.
>>I'm talking about three 5 MB log files appearing every minute.
>>I became aware of the problem when my monitoring software registered low
>>disk space on the server.
>>I've been moving these files off to another drive, but am running out of
>>space there.
>>Has anyone else had this happen?
>>What can I do to prevent this from happening.
>>I'm backing up Exchange each night, with Backup Exec 10d ( a full data
>>store, and then individual mailboxes).
>>Not sure if this info helps, but that has been in place for almost two
>>years, without this kind of problem.
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Paul Landry
>>
> These would be your database transaction logs. And moving those log
> files was just about the worst thing you could have told us, almost.
>
> What you probably have is a message loop, a virus in there somewhere
> or the anti virus is scanning your databases.
date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:20:23 -0400
author: Paul M. Landry
Re: Exchange 2003 - Massive amounts of .log files being generated
oh, dear...you should never move transaction logs, at all...if they are not
all available, in sequence, and your store is dismounted for any reason, you
could be in for a world of hurt...get all the transaction logs moved back
where they belong, if you can, and run an online backup immediately...that
will clear the committed transaction log files...
--
Susan Conkey [MVP]
"Paul M. Landry" wrote in message
news:%23QBFaCt%23HHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Uh oh.
> Safety goggles on.
>
> I moved logs from the previous day on back. Nothing for the current day.
> Hopefully this makes it less damaging?
> I've got TrendMicro ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange 7.0 installed and
> current on filters.
> There were only two messages in the quarantine folder with viruses.
> I'm also running IMF, which kills most of the crap before it gets into the
> store.
>
> I'm not seeing anything in the event logs related to message loops.
> I did have a message looping about three years, and these did show up in
> the logs.
>
> Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
>
> "Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote in message
> news:1le2f355brc7cl8qteq5vmsobuk24k44rj@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:00:07 -0400, "Paul M. Landry"
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>I have an Exchange 2003 SP2 server.
>>>Two days ago, a tremendous amount of E*.log files started appearing in
>>>the
>>>mdbdata directory.
>>>I'm talking about three 5 MB log files appearing every minute.
>>>I became aware of the problem when my monitoring software registered low
>>>disk space on the server.
>>>I've been moving these files off to another drive, but am running out of
>>>space there.
>>>Has anyone else had this happen?
>>>What can I do to prevent this from happening.
>>>I'm backing up Exchange each night, with Backup Exec 10d ( a full data
>>>store, and then individual mailboxes).
>>>Not sure if this info helps, but that has been in place for almost two
>>>years, without this kind of problem.
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Paul Landry
>>>
>> These would be your database transaction logs. And moving those log
>> files was just about the worst thing you could have told us, almost.
>>
>> What you probably have is a message loop, a virus in there somewhere
>> or the anti virus is scanning your databases.
>
>
date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:38:21 -0700
author: Susan
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