XADM: Priv.edb not Smaller After Running Edbutil /D (151495)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q151495

SUMMARY

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

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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/28/2005
Keywords:kbusage KB151495
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