The most common issue faced by many of the user is “Exchange files are growing quickly”. Todays we will discuss the main causes of the problem and possible solution for the same.
Transaction log files and the database files are two main components of the Exchange Server 2010.
Exchange server first write all changes that were made in it to the transaction log file and then commit the changes into the database.
Related to the mailbox
Related to the Mail flow
Follow the steps mentioned below to track the growth of the Log file
ExMon is the utility used to monitor the activity of the different users. Use Exmon utility to monitor the usage of users. If any user is using more than 50% of the CPU, take a quick action on it. Disable the account of that user for a while and check the transaction log files.
At first install the ExMon utility into your machine. Now go to the path where you have installed the ExMon utility. Now add two registry key at the location
1). RpcEtwTracing
2). UsePerformanceClock
Now launch the ExMon utility from the location where you have installed.
You can save the Data gathered by the ExMon utility in text or CSV file for further analysis.
Now execute the command in the command prompt as shown below :
ExMon.exe –SU “C:Program Files(X86)Exchange User MonitordataUser.csv”
The string.exe utility is used to parse the log files. To perform the parsing of the log files using String.exe utility you require max 100 logs
Extract the log files and place the log files in a folder. Now Open Powershell and browse the path of the folder.
Now Run the command given below
Syntax:
To track the logs using this tool you first require to install the hotfix utility.
Now open command prompt and type
Log files can be opened and viewed by using Expert recommended third party tool called Exchange Log Analyzer. This standalone application not only generates a preview of data to examine log file but also scan issues of the file and provide various export options.