On-Line store defrag   

Hi,

On one of my exchange servers I am seeing several instances each night where 
the event 700/701 online defrag messages are logged for the Public store 
pub1.edb), but no events are logged for the mailbox store (priv1.edb). On 
other exchange servers I see both. How can I tell if the priv1 store is 
being de-fragged :?

Thanks,

Gee

date: Mon, 1 May 2006 22:02:51 +0100   author:   GJB

Re: On-Line store defrag   

On Mon, 1 May 2006 22:02:51 +0100, "GJB"  wrote:

>Hi,
>
>On one of my exchange servers I am seeing several instances each night where 
>the event 700/701 online defrag messages are logged for the Public store 
>pub1.edb), but no events are logged for the mailbox store (priv1.edb). On 
>other exchange servers I see both. How can I tell if the priv1 store is 
>being de-fragged :?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gee 
>

How many 1221 events do you get and are any of them against the priv?

date: Mon, 01 May 2006 22:21:29 +0100   author:   Mark Arnold [MVP]

Re: On-Line store defrag   

Mark,

Thanks,

I get one for each pass of the pub.edb (3 times per night at 01:00, 02:00 
and 03:00) and none for the priv1.edb. I have checked the maintenance window 
on the store and it is set (01:00 - 05:00) but nothing appears to be 
happening. The backups (veritas withy EX agent) finish successfully by 01:00 
so there is no overlap.
I have just tried setting the IS main window to a different time (2-6) to 
see if that kick-starts it.

Gee

"Mark Arnold [MVP]"  wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 1 May 2006 22:02:51 +0100, "GJB"  wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>On one of my exchange servers I am seeing several instances each night 
>>where
>>the event 700/701 online defrag messages are logged for the Public store
>>pub1.edb), but no events are logged for the mailbox store (priv1.edb). On
>>other exchange servers I see both. How can I tell if the priv1 store is
>>being de-fragged :?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Gee
>>
>
> How many 1221 events do you get and are any of them against the priv

date: Mon, 1 May 2006 22:52:59 +0100   author:   GJB

Re: On-Line store defrag   

Mark,

Just checked today and I can see all the IS PF Maintenance tasks start and 
finish but no IS Mailbox Store IS tasks start. e.g the PF expiry and 
cleanups run but not the Deleted mailboxes etc for the IS.

Regards,

Gee


"GJB"  wrote in message 
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> Mark,
>
> Thanks,
>
> I get one for each pass of the pub.edb (3 times per night at 01:00, 02:00 
> and 03:00) and none for the priv1.edb. I have checked the maintenance 
> window on the store and it is set (01:00 - 05:00) but nothing appears to 
> be happening. The backups (veritas withy EX agent) finish successfully by 
> 01:00 so there is no overlap.
> I have just tried setting the IS main window to a different time (2-6) to 
> see if that kick-starts it.
>
> Gee
>
> "Mark Arnold [MVP]"  wrote in message 
> news:2uuc52pu56bb2v0tavejrk45ebpmrpl1if@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 1 May 2006 22:02:51 +0100, "GJB"  wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>On one of my exchange servers I am seeing several instances each night 
>>>where
>>>the event 700/701 online defrag messages are logged for the Public store
>>>pub1.edb), but no events are logged for the mailbox store (priv1.edb). On
>>>other exchange servers I see both. How can I tell if the priv1 store is
>>>being de-fragged :?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Gee
>>>
>>
>> How many 1221 events do you get and are any of them against the priv
>
>

date: Tue, 2 May 2006 05:38:42 +0100   author:   GJB

Re: On-Line store defrag   

So to confirm, no 1221 events against the Private?

date: Tue, 02 May 2006 20:05:56 +0100   author:   Mark Arnold [MVP]

Re: On-Line store defrag   

Mark,

That's correct. Nothing at all for the private Mailbox Store. I also tried 
to initiate a manual mailbox cleanup from the Exchange Manager console but 
it just hung for quite a while and appeared to do nothing. All  the registry 
entries for the IS main seem to be present. I found a KB that describes a 
situation where these symptoms may occur if the IS is started during a 
maintenance window that rfequires the IS to be re-started. I am hoping a 
restart of the IS may spark something into life.

Thanks for your time,

Gee

"Mark Arnold [MVP]"  wrote in message 
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> So to confirm, no 1221 events against the Private?
>

date: Tue, 2 May 2006 21:44:04 +0100   author:   GJB

Re: On-Line store defrag   

An interesting one.
Talk a little about your backup regime and any a/v scanning you have
going on. Is the backup of the PF and the Private in the same job or
are there two jobs separated by some time?

date: Wed, 03 May 2006 05:57:10 +0100   author:   Mark Arnold [MVP]

Re: On-Line store defrag   

Mark,

The backup is Veritas Bexec 9.1 Sp2 and runs each night at 23:00. It backs 
up the Mailbox Store and the Public Store using the Exchange Agent in the 
same job. That job also does a brick-level PF backup as there are only a 
very small no of PFs. This completes successfully within an hour or so. The 
AV is Mcaffee Groupshield 5.2 SP2.

Gee

"Mark Arnold [MVP]"  wrote in message 
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> An interesting one.
> Talk a little about your backup regime and any a/v scanning you have
> going on. Is the backup of the PF and the Private in the same job or
> are there two jobs separated by some time?

date: Wed, 3 May 2006 09:07:24 +0100   author:   GJB