XADM: Database Size Increases Even Though Free Space Available

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

A Microsoft Exchange Server database may increase in size, even though significant free space is available in the database.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

MORE INFORMATION

If you are able to determine that significant free space is available in the database, Microsoft recommends that you perform an offline defragmentation of the database. For information about how to determine how much free space is available in an Exchange Server database and how to perform an offline defragmentation of the database, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q186291 XADM: Cannot Determine Free Space Available in Exchange Database

Additional query words: off-line offline defrag grows grow white space

Keywords : XADM
Version : WINDOWS:5.5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug