Yes – I had this happen on my SBS 2008 server myself. Instead of taking the normal route to try and resolve it however, I decided to mess with a few SQL commands and try to dig under the covers to see if I could delete data that was too old. I thought that this might allow me to reduce the content of the database so that I could not go through the hassle of replacing it. … [Read more...]
How can I tell what Exchange Version I have?
I stumbled across this gem last week and thought I’d share it with you. Using the tables listed here you can figure out what version of Exchange Server you are running. You can use the Get-ExchangeServer powershell command to find the Exchange 2010 and 2007 versions, but you will need to use the GUI in Exchange 2003. … [Read more...]
SBS 2011 Migration Tool Updated
Microsoft this week have released an update for the SBS 2011 Migration tool that ships on the SBS 2011 DVDs. This tool takes into account more then a dozen additional checks that need to be done prior to a migration to ensure that the smooth migration form SBS 2003 or SBS 2008 to SBS 2011 Standard. It’s quick and easy to get the update, when you run the Migration … [Read more...]
How can I reduce my ShareWebDb_log.ldf file size?
Yesterday you will have seen how I reduced the size of my SharePoint Config Log file on my SBS 2008 server from 10.9GB down to 1MB. While I was digging, I noticed that the ShareWebDB_Log.ldf file was also quite large at 2.8GB in size. I thought this was abnormal too – so I modified the script from the Microsoft KB article I found yesterday. Here’s my modified … [Read more...]
How can I reduce my SharePoint log file size on SBS 2008?
I was searching tonight for disk space on my SBS 2008 server as a routine thing I do to keep an eye on things. I found that the SharePoint_Config LDF file was over 10GB in size – ouch! I ran the SBS 2008 Best Practice Analyser and it guided me to a Microsoft KB article which described the problem in full along with a way to resolve it. Check out this Microsoft KB … [Read more...]