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Exchange 2016 Server Logs
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jack gourley
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Hi,
We recently upgraded from 2010 to 2016 Exchange - The drive that our Exchange Databases + log files are on is filling up rapidly with log files. I just want to double check that I can delete these?
DB01/02 are the databases - DB01/02_log are the log folders
Please note - these are separate logs to the ones found under Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\v15\Logging - which are also accumulating rapidly
Thanks in advance,
Jack
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Troy Werelius 236 Reputation points2021-02-10T14:24:30.777+00:00 - Don't delete the logs manually as that can cause bad things to happen
- When you did the migration from 2010 to 2016 did you enable circular logging during migration?
- My guess would be that you did not have circular logging enabled during migration
A: If you have not already done so, you should do a FULL backup and upon completion it will remove the excess logs
B: The other option would be to turn on circular logging which will remove the excess logs Click here to learn moreSearch, Recover, Migrate & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline Exchange Mailbox EDB's and Live Exchange Servers , even cross version i.e. 2003 --> 2007 --> 2010 --> 2013 --> 2016 --> 2019 --> Exchange Online with Lucid8's DigiScope
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