We have an Exchange environment with 3 copies of all databases. One of our copies/nodes is currently offline (Service Down) because the data center is undergoing maintenance and will be for a few days.
After backups complete successfully I am now seeing where the transaction logs are not being purged reliably, only about 1/2 of the time and I'm wondering if it is because Exchange wants to use them to replicate the database to the offline node.
What is strange however, is that Exchange is purging the logs about 1/2 of the time, on databases where one of the nodes is offline.
Any input on this or thoughts?
I've already used the eseutil.exe to find the checkpoint of where I can safely move the logs, however I don't find any information on when I can delete the logs or why it is failing 1/2 of the time.
I would like to delete the logs if I can safely do so, also, If I have to reseed the databases on my third node that is currently down I don't have a problem with that.
Jason
Jason Meyer