Cluster First Storge Database   

Hi,

I have this situation

I have a Exchange Enterprise 2000 SP3 Cluster runing on Windows 2000 SP4 
with only the First Storage Group, this database on a SAN Storage, suddenly 
the database grows a lot, from 40 GB to 200GB in 1 month. 

So I created another 3 Storage Groups and move the 2,200 mailboxes from 
Frist Storage Group to the new ones.

Now, everythig is working good. I have 3 smaller databases (8GB, 12GB and 
10GB), but i still have the 200GB on the First Storage Group database.

So my question is: Is there any issue if I delete the 200GB database and let 
the Exchange System Manager creates a new one?
All the mailboxes has been migrated, is there anything else to configure 
before delete the 200GB database?

Thanks for the support

date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 13:58:00 -0700   author:   Manuel

Re: Cluster First Storge Database   

No issue, that will work. Nothing else to configure. But I have to ask you 
how long you will run unsupported for your OS and Exchange?

Cheers,

Rodney R. Fournier
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
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"Manuel"  wrote in message 
news:AA757E18-FACC-490D-BEE7-815CB2D1B570@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have this situation
>
> I have a Exchange Enterprise 2000 SP3 Cluster runing on Windows 2000 SP4
> with only the First Storage Group, this database on a SAN Storage, 
> suddenly
> the database grows a lot, from 40 GB to 200GB in 1 month.
>
> So I created another 3 Storage Groups and move the 2,200 mailboxes from
> Frist Storage Group to the new ones.
>
> Now, everythig is working good. I have 3 smaller databases (8GB, 12GB and
> 10GB), but i still have the 200GB on the First Storage Group database.
>
> So my question is: Is there any issue if I delete the 200GB database and 
> let
> the Exchange System Manager creates a new one?
> All the mailboxes has been migrated, is there anything else to configure
> before delete the 200GB database?
>
> Thanks for the support

date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 01:36:14 -0500   author:   Rodney R. Fournier

Re: Cluster First Storge Database   

Thank you for the support.

At this moment, we are in a migration process. We are migrating to AD2003 
and Exchange 2003, in a few months we are going to remove and bury Exchange 
2000.

Thx!

"Rodney R. Fournier" wrote:

> No issue, that will work. Nothing else to configure. But I have to ask you 
> how long you will run unsupported for your OS and Exchange?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rodney R. Fournier
> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
> 
> "Manuel"  wrote in message 
> news:AA757E18-FACC-490D-BEE7-815CB2D1B570@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have this situation
> >
> > I have a Exchange Enterprise 2000 SP3 Cluster runing on Windows 2000 SP4
> > with only the First Storage Group, this database on a SAN Storage, 
> > suddenly
> > the database grows a lot, from 40 GB to 200GB in 1 month.
> >
> > So I created another 3 Storage Groups and move the 2,200 mailboxes from
> > Frist Storage Group to the new ones.
> >
> > Now, everythig is working good. I have 3 smaller databases (8GB, 12GB and
> > 10GB), but i still have the 200GB on the First Storage Group database.
> >
> > So my question is: Is there any issue if I delete the 200GB database and 
> > let
> > the Exchange System Manager creates a new one?
> > All the mailboxes has been migrated, is there anything else to configure
> > before delete the 200GB database?
> >
> > Thanks for the support 
>

date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 05:52:05 -0700   author:   Manuel