Removing additional MDBData directory - Microsoft Exchange

lancectx wrote:
> Hello! I have recently taken over support for an exchange 2000 svr.
> It has a directory exchsvr\mdbdataold as well as mdbdata. The files
> in Mdbdataold have dates of 1 year ago. How can I remove these? I
> have had no luck moving or deleting these and I do need to reclaim
> the 4 gb of drive space they are eating.
> Thanks in advance!
> Lance

Check in Exchange system manager to see where the databases and log paths
are pointing to.

Thanks for the response. In the system manager, the databases are in MDBdata
and not MDBdataOld. I cant seem to remove them - any ideas?
Thanks!

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> lancectx wrote:
> > Hello! I have recently taken over support for an exchange 2000 svr.
> > It has a directory exchsvr\mdbdataold as well as mdbdata. The files
> > in Mdbdataold have dates of 1 year ago. How can I remove these? I
> > have had no luck moving or deleting these and I do need to reclaim
> > the 4 gb of drive space they are eating.
> > Thanks in advance!
> > Lance
>
> Check in Exchange system manager to see where the databases and log paths
> are pointing to.
>
>
>

Lance CTX wrote:
> Thanks for the response. In the system manager, the databases are in
> MDBdata and not MDBdataOld. I cant seem to remove them - any ideas?

What happens when you try? And where are the "live" logs pointing to in ESM?

> Thanks!
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> lancectx wrote:
>>> Hello! I have recently taken over support for an exchange 2000 svr.
>>> It has a directory exchsvr\mdbdataold as well as mdbdata. The files
>>> in Mdbdataold have dates of 1 year ago. How can I remove these? I
>>> have had no luck moving or deleting these and I do need to reclaim
>>> the 4 gb of drive space they are eating.
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>> Lance
>>
>> Check in Exchange system manager to see where the databases and log
>> paths are pointing to.