Managing Database Disk Space
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Managing Database Disk Space
One of the most common maintenance issues in a growing system is running out of disk space. In
addition to sending messages, users tend to use GroupWise
®
for all sorts of communication, such as
transferring large files. Library documents created with Document Management Services (DMS)
can use huge amounts of disk space. Archived library documents can also quickly use up disk space
assigned to the post office, where space is usually limited.
You should let your users know about the archive and auto-delete features of GroupWise mail, or set
client options in ConsoleOne
®
to automatically archive or delete. See
Chapter 65, “Setting Defaults
for the GroupWise Client Options,” on page 1045
.
Section 30.1, “Gathering Mailbox Statistics,” on page 399
Section 30.2, “Reducing the Size of User and Message Databases,” on page 401
Section 30.3, “Reclaiming Disk Space in Domain and Post Office Databases,” on page 403
Section 30.4, “Reducing the Size of Libraries and Document Storage Areas,” on page 404
See also
Section 12.3, “Managing Disk Space Usage in the Post Office,” on page 182
.
30.1 Gathering Mailbox Statistics
If you have some users who don’t like to throw anything away, you might want to monitor the size
of their mailboxes and, where appropriate, suggest voluntary cleanup. You can assess e-mail
retention by the number of messages, age of messages, or size of user databases.
The Mailbox Statistics option in Mailbox/Library Maintenance collects and displays statistics about
the post office, such as the number of messages and appointments in the post office and the average
number per user. It is valid only for user databases. In addition, you can display any user mailboxes
that have more than a specified number of items. This can help determine which users might be
using an excessive amount of file server disk space.
To gather mailbox statistics:
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In ConsoleOne, browse to and select one or more User or Resource objects or one or more Post
Office objects.
2
Click
Tools > GroupWise Utilities > Mailbox/Library Maintenance
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