Help and Support
 

powered byLive Search

Online Defragmentation Does Not Reduce Size of .edb Files

View products that this article applies to.
Article ID:256352
Last Review:December 3, 2007
Revision:3.6
This article was previously published under Q256352

SUMMARY

In Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003, online defragmentation recovers disk space but does not reduce the size of an .edb database file.

MORE INFORMATION

To reduce the size of the .edb database file, you must perform an offline defragmentation with the Eseutil.exe utility (the eseutil /d command) against the .edb database file.

Note Online defragmentation does not reduce the size of .stm and .edb files.For additional information about defragmentation, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
192185 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192185/EN-US/) XADM: How to Defragment with the ESEUTIL Utility (Eseutil.exe)
APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
•Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
•Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition
•Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
•Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition

Back to the top

Keywords: 
kbinfo kbbug kbnofix KB256352

Article Translations

 

Other Support Options

  • Need More Help?
    Contact a Support professional by E-mail, Online or Phone.
  • Customer Service
    For non-technical assistance with product purchases, subscriptions, online services, events, training courses, corporate sales, piracy issues, and more.
  • Newsgroups
    Pose a question to other users. Discussion groups and Forums about specific Microsoft products, technologies, and services.