MM&M UG UK

Hi,

   I need to increase the .stm database size from 2GB to 70GB. Is there any tool that can help me do this?

Any help is appecriated!

 

Thanks

Chuppy

Hi,

Could you give a few more details here.

The STM file will grow as required, there is no way to manually size it.

Cheers

Nathan

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Nathan Winters - MVP Exchange Server
MCSE & MCSA 2000 & 2003 + Messaging, MCITP Exchange 2007, MCP, VMWare VCP v2 & v3.

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Hi Nathan,

       I have Exchange 2000 installed and have 4 Storage Groups. Each storage group has 1 mailbox and 2-3 users for these mailboxes. For testing purpose we have to test on Exchange mailbox which has a .edb file of 15GB and .stm file of 15GB. I got a tool called 'mailstrm' which helps me to send mails in bulk and which increases the size of the .edb file. 

       If i use Outlook Express and Outlook Webaccess then I can populate the .stm file but i do not want to sit down and do this as this manually as this may take me forever. So I am looking for some tool which can increase the .stm file to 15GB. Right now 'mailstrm' tool will not allow me to send the mails saved from Outlook Express.

Thanks

Chuppy

 

Ah, I see.

Ok, not sure about this to be honest, but have you looked at the JetStress tools?

They prepare databases before running database stress tests. I am not sure if they load the STM file but might be worth a look.

Let me know how things go, if you haven't got any further I will see if I can get someone else to take a look at the problem.

Cheers

Nathan

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Nathan Winters - MVP Exchange Server
MCSE & MCSA 2000 & 2003 + Messaging, MCITP Exchange 2007, MCP, VMWare VCP v2 & v3.

Welcome to the Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group: http://www.mmmug.co.uk

Have you tried a command line sendmail such as sendsmtp

http://www.greyware.com/licenses/index.asp?name=SendSMTP

You can schedule a batch file that sends SMTP mail with attchments to run every few seconds and walk away for the weekend...

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