Hello. I have an Exchange 2000 SP3 (with post SP3 rollup) server. I monitor the database files weekly; they grow a little bit every week. Except for this past week, when they jumped almost 14% in size. Has anyone seen this happen before? The number of mailboxes has not jumped, it's weekly increas looks normal. I exported the list of mailboxes and sorted by size; there are no excessively large mailboxes and all mailboxes are within the range that they were in a week ago. The only thing that changed was that I installed Symantec Mail Security for MS Exchange. But I installed this on our three other servers (same config) and they are just fine, with no excessive growth in the size of the database files. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Hi, Did you also get a lot more transaction logs than usual? http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/insider/translogs.mspx Leif "Benjamin708" wrote in message news:8F68C428-9DFD-482D-96CA-C84B11D3588B@microsoft.com... > Hello. > I have an Exchange 2000 SP3 (with post SP3 rollup) server. I monitor the > database files weekly; they grow a little bit every week. Except for this > past week, when they jumped almost 14% in size. Has anyone seen this > happen > before? The number of mailboxes has not jumped, it's weekly increas looks > normal. I exported the list of mailboxes and sorted by size; there are no > excessively large mailboxes and all mailboxes are within the range that > they > were in a week ago. The only thing that changed was that I installed > Symantec Mail Security for MS Exchange. But I installed this on our three > other servers (same config) and they are just fine, with no excessive > growth > in the size of the database files. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
That thought crossed my mind. I looked and we have the regular number of transaction logs. We do full backups daily so the logs get purged daily. The 8GB increase in size is actually just the .edb + .stm file for the mailbox store on the one server. Any other things that I can check for? I even tried to look into the SIS ratio, but since I don't know what it was before it is pretty pointless. Thanks. "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" wrote: > Hi, > > Did you also get a lot more transaction logs than usual? > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/insider/translogs.mspx > > Leif > > "Benjamin708" wrote in message > news:8F68C428-9DFD-482D-96CA-C84B11D3588B@microsoft.com... > > Hello. > > I have an Exchange 2000 SP3 (with post SP3 rollup) server. I monitor the > > database files weekly; they grow a little bit every week. Except for this > > past week, when they jumped almost 14% in size. Has anyone seen this > > happen > > before? The number of mailboxes has not jumped, it's weekly increas looks > > normal. I exported the list of mailboxes and sorted by size; there are no > > excessively large mailboxes and all mailboxes are within the range that > > they > > were in a week ago. The only thing that changed was that I installed > > Symantec Mail Security for MS Exchange. But I installed this on our three > > other servers (same config) and they are just fine, with no excessive > > growth > > in the size of the database files. > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > >
Hi, Do the databases still grow more than usual or was it just something that happened over a couple of days? If the growth stopped it will be difficult to find the cause. If it is still there if would try the link I supplied in my first post and see if it gives a hint. Leif "Benjamin708" wrote in message news:421E09AA-7067-4D97-A636-9FB881859BEE@microsoft.com... > That thought crossed my mind. I looked and we have the regular number of > transaction logs. We do full backups daily so the logs get purged daily. > The 8GB increase in size is actually just the .edb + .stm file for the > mailbox store on the one server. Any other things that I can check for? > I > even tried to look into the SIS ratio, but since I don't know what it was > before it is pretty pointless. Thanks. > > "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Did you also get a lot more transaction logs than usual? >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/insider/translogs.mspx >> >> Leif >> >> "Benjamin708" wrote in message >> news:8F68C428-9DFD-482D-96CA-C84B11D3588B@microsoft.com... >> > Hello. >> > I have an Exchange 2000 SP3 (with post SP3 rollup) server. I monitor >> > the >> > database files weekly; they grow a little bit every week. Except for >> > this >> > past week, when they jumped almost 14% in size. Has anyone seen this >> > happen >> > before? The number of mailboxes has not jumped, it's weekly increas >> > looks >> > normal. I exported the list of mailboxes and sorted by size; there are >> > no >> > excessively large mailboxes and all mailboxes are within the range that >> > they >> > were in a week ago. The only thing that changed was that I installed >> > Symantec Mail Security for MS Exchange. But I installed this on our >> > three >> > other servers (same config) and they are just fine, with no excessive >> > growth >> > in the size of the database files. >> > >> > Any suggestions would be appreciated. >> >> >>
