Comments on: Exchange 2010 FAQ: Why is My Disk Filling Up with Log Files? https://practical365.com/exchange-2010-faq-disk-filling-log-files/ Practical Office 365 News, Tips, and Tutorials Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:02:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Julio Baptista https://practical365.com/exchange-2010-faq-disk-filling-log-files/#comment-241153 Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:02:14 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=3469#comment-241153 In reply to Paul Cunningham.

Hi,
I have 1 data base that logs always increase.
I have already make backup but maybe backup not cleaning the logs and i have to delete manual.

Can you help how to solve this case ?

]]> By: Nisar Ahmad https://practical365.com/exchange-2010-faq-disk-filling-log-files/#comment-183342 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 09:39:11 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=3469#comment-183342 I have Exchange 2010 and running windows server backup software for VSS Backup. It is now more than 24 hrs and logs showing that “Running consistency check for application exchange”. My drive storage is draining due to these logs. How to overcome if running consistency fails ?

]]> By: Logical Step https://practical365.com/exchange-2010-faq-disk-filling-log-files/#comment-9272 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:14:42 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=3469#comment-9272 Hi I had an issue where my free space was disappearing in front of my eyes
Enabled Administrator account & saw where the issue was
Exchange log files
Trouble is 20 Gig in one day ,my question is why
Did the exchange service Pack 3 upgrade will see how this goes

]]> By: Phillip https://practical365.com/exchange-2010-faq-disk-filling-log-files/#comment-9271 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:23:11 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=3469#comment-9271 Hey Paul. Thank you for all the information I have gleaned from you in the past. I would like to comment on the ‘log files filling up the drive’ problem that has made recent news. I found 1 mailbox server (exch 2010 sp3) having this problem; the backup would disconnect after 3 minutes. I hade to re-register vsswriter. I am in the midst of another problem (again 1 out of the 4 mailbox servers): backup completes but log files still accumulate. In addition System Event Log displays a 7011 every 30 seconds. I think it may be the SCEP Client. I will know by the end of the day. Anyway, I was trolling while I waited on this backup to complete and thought I would see what sort of problems you had going on…Thanks,

]]> By: Paul Cunningham https://practical365.com/exchange-2010-faq-disk-filling-log-files/#comment-9270 Sat, 26 Mar 2016 00:00:58 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=3469#comment-9270 In reply to saqib.

You should expand the volume so that the database can be mounted.

If the logs are accumulating because you’re not running backups, then you should immediately run a backup once you get the database mounted.

]]> By: saqib https://practical365.com/exchange-2010-faq-disk-filling-log-files/#comment-9269 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 18:08:20 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=3469#comment-9269 hello Paul … need your help !!!

i have exchange 2010 in my office .. the drive where my database is stored its full now and in exchange management console my database is showing unmounted. how can i increase the drive size do i have to connect another hard drive and expand the size of the drive or i can simply delete some of log files from that drive to get some space. because all the users are not receiving any mails and some of users can’t access their mailboxes through outlook. its showing disconnected.

]]> By: <div class="apbct-real-user-wrapper"> <div class="apbct-real-user-author-name">Paul Cunningham</div> <div class="apbct-real-user-badge" onmouseover=" let popup = document.getElementById('apbct_trp_comment_id_9268'); popup.style.display = 'inline-flex'; "> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_9268"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Paul Cunningham</b> acts as a real person and passed all tests against spambots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> https://practical365.com/exchange-2010-faq-disk-filling-log-files/#comment-9268 Sat, 12 Mar 2016 07:59:20 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=3469#comment-9268 In reply to Mike.

The migrations themselves will generate a lot of logging. Could be as simple as that. But yes, check whether one of those moved mailboxes is causing the excessive logging.

]]> By: Mike https://practical365.com/exchange-2010-faq-disk-filling-log-files/#comment-9267 Sat, 12 Mar 2016 07:32:50 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=3469#comment-9267 Hi Paul,
I have the issue on an new Exchange 2010 that after moving a couple of mailboxes from an Exchange 2003 that the Transaction Logs folder grew like 50GB in 2 or 3 hours. Currently 45 users with total mailbox size of 40GB! My guess is that I should monitor the use with ExMon to find the cause. What would you suggest? Thanks

]]> By: Ranjit https://practical365.com/exchange-2010-faq-disk-filling-log-files/#comment-9266 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 20:27:00 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=3469#comment-9266 Thank you Paul , Wish you a Very Happy New Year.

I tried using Windows server backup to backup the exchange database on to NAS drive and it was stuck with “Running a consistency check for the application Exchange” for 18 hours and eventually I had to cancel the process.

The database size is 195 GB. What could be the cause?Any Suggestions.

]]> By: <div class="apbct-real-user-wrapper"> <div class="apbct-real-user-author-name">Paul Cunningham</div> <div class="apbct-real-user-badge" onmouseover=" let popup = document.getElementById('apbct_trp_comment_id_9265'); popup.style.display = 'inline-flex'; "> <div class="apbct-real-user-popup" id="apbct_trp_comment_id_9265"> <div class="apbct-real-user-title"> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-header">The Real Person!</p> <p class="apbct-real-user-popup-text">Author <b>Paul Cunningham</b> acts as a real person and passed all tests against spambots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> https://practical365.com/exchange-2010-faq-disk-filling-log-files/#comment-9265 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 23:52:15 +0000 https://www.practical365.com/?p=3469#comment-9265 In reply to Ranjit.

Unless you know exactly what you are doing then manually deleting transaction log files is dangerous.

In your situation it sounds to me like your backups are not proper application-aware backups, so the log files are not being truncated. That also suggests that you do not have backups of Exchange that you could actually recover from, which exposes you to significant data loss if you have a database or server problem.

You should really look into that further as a top priority.

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