Delete exchange 2007 logs manually

 · Thanks for your replies guys. I've tried manual delete of all the files preceding the checkpoint file (using eseutil) and it works fine. I do have another issue with .  · If you need to purge them manually, you can shut down the database, run eseutil against the db to verify that the db is in a clean shutdown state, and then delete the logs. If the db is not in a clead shutdown state and you delete logs, you will LOSE DATA, so make you understand what you are doing beforehand. f_hkhan- RE: Delete exchange transaction log! (Jul AM) Hi Ismail Instead of manually deleting transaction log files, I have taken full online backup of exchange which has purged all unnecessary transaction logs. and Alhamdulillah my problem is solved now. Thanks for your Help. Regards, Faraz.

Please note: This method was tested on an Exchange server with using a Nutanix block NXG4. Use this method on your risk. This is not supported by Nutanix or Microsoft.. You should perform a "Snapshot" before and right after this process is done. How to manually purge Exchange server logs - with ease. Just like any software, your Exchange Server can also get beyond repair and recovery for a host of reasons. In such a case, it is best you remove that dead exchange server from active directory. Properly removing will not remove any information from AD about Exchange-related properties on users, etc., so long as there is a server present in the environment. It should remove the Exchange server, not the Exchange attributes (this will only happen when removing the "last"/only Exchange server in an environment).

You should delete log files manually only in a dire situation, or when running a non-production environment. Further reading Microsoft Exchange: Exporting Mailboxes to PST Remember that you cannot perform an incremental backup of Exchange Server if transaction logs were deleted manually. f_hkhan- RE: Delete exchange transaction log! (Jul AM) Hi Ismail Instead of manually deleting transaction log files, I have taken full online backup of exchange which has purged all unnecessary transaction logs. and Alhamdulillah my problem is solved now. Thanks for your Help. Regards, Faraz. You can manually delete the Transaction logs however it is not recommended. The only real recommended way to remove the logs is take a backup and let the logs truncate themselves, which obviously you cannot do. What about if you create a new Database and move all the mailboxes on the wrong Database to the correct database?.