Cisco Unity

Document ID: 100607

Contents

Introduction
Prerequisites
      Requirements
      Components Used
      Conventions
Problem
Solution
      Eseutil
      Shrink the Cisco Unity Database
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Introduction

The Cisco Unity data store includes several databases, voice mail boxes, and their corresponding transaction log files. This document explains how to free up unused space in the Microsoft Exchange database after you remove outdated voicemails. Follow this procedure if the database shrink does not return much disk space.

Prerequisites

Requirements

Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of these topics:

• Cisco Unity

• Microsoft Exchange Server

Components Used

The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions:

• Cisco Unity 4.0

• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server

The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.

Conventions

Refer to Cisco Technical Tips Conventions for more information on document conventions.

Problem

Cisco Unity hard disk space is full and does not free up much space after you delete outdated voicemails and shrink the database.

Solution

The Microsoft Exchange database files (or EDB files) includes unused space in the hard disk between the database files and voicemails that is not freed even though the voicemails are deleted. Use the Eseutil utility in order to free up this space and reduce the size of the database.

The defragmentation of the disk space makes used storage contiguous, eliminates unused storage, and reduces the size of the database. You can use the Eseutil utility in order to defragment the information store and directory in Exchange Server 5.5, Exchange 2000 and 2003 Server. Eseutil examines the structure of the database tables and records (which can include reading, scanning, repairing, and defragmenting the low level of the database).

Eseutil

Eseutil is located in the Winnt\System32 folder in Exchange Server 5.5 and in the Exchsrvr\Bin folder in Exchange 2000 and 2003. The utility can be run on one database at a time from the command line. Eseutil copies database records to a new database. When defragmention is complete, the original database is deleted or saved to a user-specified location, and the new version is renamed as the original.

Note: Defragmenting a database requires free disk space equal to 110 percent of the size of the database that you want to process. Make sure you backup the database files before you run eseutil on the Exchange server. A detailed procedure for how to run the eseutil is documented in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 192185 .

Shrink the Cisco Unity Database

In situations where transaction log files for these databases grow over 1 GB in size and have filled the drive space, you can shrink the Cisco Unity database (UnityDB/ReportDB) in order to free up disk space. Refer to Shrink the Cisco Unity Database Configuration Example for information on how to shrink the Cisco Unity databases.

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