Article: Q151495
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 27-MAR-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0
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SUMMARY
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Edbutil /D performs off-line compaction of the Private Information Store. You
might notice that the size of the Priv.edb file does not decrease after you run
Edbutil when you have just deleted a large number of users using the Microsoft
Exchange Administrator program.
MORE INFORMATION
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After a user is deleted, a background cleanup thread marks the objects owned by
that user as deleted. The disk space can only be recovered by Edbutil after this
process is complete and if a large number of users are deleted, it will take a
while.
The background cleanup thread logs entries in the Windows NT Application Event
log if the "Background Cleanup" diagnostic logging option in the Private
Information Store is set to Medium.
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbusage
Technology : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version : winnt:4.0
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