Transaction log of ScanMail for Exchange (SMEX) becomes too large

- Updated:
- 14 May 2014
- Product/Version:
- ScanMail for Exchange 10.2
- ScanMail for Exchange 11.0
- Platform:
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows 2003 Enterprise
- Windows 2003 Standard
- Windows 2008 Enterprise
- Windows 2008 Standard
- Windows 2012 Server Essentials

Summary

The SMEX database transaction log grows very large. For the following example, the log.ldf file located on the \MSSQL\DATA folder increased its size to gigabyte.

Details

To reduce the size of the LDF files, set the the Recovery Model of ScanMail database to "Simple". Follow this Microsoft article for the procedure: View or Change the Recovery Model of a Database (SQL Server).

Rating:

Category:

Configure; Troubleshoot

Solution Id:

1103436

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