I'm compacting a 100GB exchange server this weekend and wanted to get a good set of working instructions down so it runs as planned. Here's what I wound up with. I'm practicing with the public folder store, and here are some directories where things are stored:
Exchange Database: d:\exchange
Working Folder (drive with lots of space): g:\exchange
Exchange System: c:\program files\exchsrvr
1. Go to Exchange System Manager
2. Dismount the Store to be compacted.
3. Copy the database files (.stm and .edb) to the working folder (g:\exchange)
4. Go to a command prompt
5. Go to the Exchange Server BIN directory ("cd C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\bin")
6. Go to the working drive and directory ("G:" & "cd \exchange")
7. Run eseutil on the files in the working folder (c:eseutil /d g:\exchange\pub.edb)
7a. To leave the uncompacted database "untouched," add /p to the end
8. Rename the original files back on the c drive, or remove them if you need the space (recommend having a copy of the untouched files SOMEWHERE though)
9. Move the compacted files to the same places as the originals on c drive.
10. Mount the store to make sure it mounts ok.
11. Remove all uncompacted files, or leave them for safekeeping.
Friday, August 7, 2009
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