What files does Exchange use?

John Savill

December 21, 1999

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A. A. Below is a list of the more common files used by Exchange

File

Directory

Use

Priv.pat Pub.pat

Mdbdata

Patch files, safe to delete if no backup is taking place and no startup recovery is in operation

Dir.pat

DsaData

Patch files, as above

Dlv.log Snd.log Dlvxxxxx.log Sndxxxxx.log

Mdbdata

These are created when Sending and Delivering diagnostics logging for either the private and public information stores are set. These can be deleted at any time. Dlv.log and Snd.log are the most recent logs created.

PUB.EDB PRIV.EDB

MDBdata

Information store

DIR.EDB

DSAdata

Directory information

EDB.LOG

Transaction Log

EDB00nn.LOG

Previous Transaction Logs

EDB.CHK

Check Point file

RES1.LOG RES2.LOG

Emergency logs for when disk is full

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