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Exchange 2010 log files Increasing Rapidly On 1 database

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Hello Guys,

My log files have increased for more than 20gb in 1 day

we moved to alternate location

incereased the diagonostic logging on following but not much info in event log any ideas

Get-EventLogLevel 'MSExchangeIS\9000 Private\Transport General' | Set-EventLogLevel -Level Expert
Get-EventLogLevel 'MSExchangeIS\9000 Private\General' | Set-EventLogLevel -Level Expert
Get-EventLogLevel 'MSExchangeIS\9000 Private\Transport Sending' | Set-EventLogLevel -Level Expert
Get-EventLogLevel 'MSExchangeIS\9000 Private\Transport Delivering' | Set-EventLogLevel -Level Expert

Thanks,

Vasim Ahmed
- Edited by VasimAhmed Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:34 AM
Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:34 AM

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Hi

Kindly do a Message tracking by placing only th server name and that particular date and track from which mailbox sents mutiple emails, you can easily track with subject name also.

Find which mailbox is send out lot of emails to cause this issue.

Inform if any assistance needed

Thank you
- Proposed as answer by Sophia Xu Monday, October 31, 2011 7:32 AM
- Marked as answer by Sophia Xu Friday, November 4, 2011 8:18 AM
Thursday, October 27, 2011 8:12 AM
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Throw Exmon on the server and see which client is hitting it hard:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11461

You can also use the Troubleshoot-DatabaseSpace.ps1:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff477617.aspx

And take a look at:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mikelag/archive/2009/07/12/troubleshooting-store-log-database-growth-issues.aspx

Troubleshooting Exchange 2007 Store Log/Database growth issues (still applied to 2010)
- Proposed as answer by Sophia Xu Monday, October 31, 2011 7:32 AM
- Marked as answer by Sophia Xu Friday, November 4, 2011 8:18 AM
Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:02 PM

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Hi

Kindly do a Message tracking by placing only th server name and that particular date and track from which mailbox sents mutiple emails, you can easily track with subject name also.

Find which mailbox is send out lot of emails to cause this issue.

Inform if any assistance needed

Thank you
- Proposed as answer by Sophia Xu Monday, October 31, 2011 7:32 AM
- Marked as answer by Sophia Xu Friday, November 4, 2011 8:18 AM
Thursday, October 27, 2011 8:12 AM
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Throw Exmon on the server and see which client is hitting it hard:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11461

You can also use the Troubleshoot-DatabaseSpace.ps1:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff477617.aspx

And take a look at:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mikelag/archive/2009/07/12/troubleshooting-store-log-database-growth-issues.aspx

Troubleshooting Exchange 2007 Store Log/Database growth issues (still applied to 2010)
- Proposed as answer by Sophia Xu Monday, October 31, 2011 7:32 AM
- Marked as answer by Sophia Xu Friday, November 4, 2011 8:18 AM
Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:02 PM
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Hi Vasim,

Did you managed to find the cause of this the log file increase issue, kindly inform the status, also inform if any assistance needed.

Thank you

Friday, October 28, 2011 6:16 AM
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Hi,

Do you have any update?

Thanks
Sophia Xu

Monday, October 31, 2011 7:33 AM