Exchange 2010 delete log files manually

Navigate to C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Logging\Diagnostic. In there you will have to folders, one called DailyPerformanceLogs and the other PerformanceLogsToBeProcessed. You can delete all the log files located in these 2. The logs to be processed will contain 20MB files while the daily logs will be +- 1GB. ETL Files.  · Delete ETL files: Navigate to the location –. C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\Search\Ceres\Diagnostics\ETLTraces. Select and delete all the available log files within that folder. Next, move to this location –. C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\Search\Ceres\Diagnostics\Logs.  · Microsoft recommends not to manually delete the logs. The backups will be able to do that. In fact, if you have an Exchange aware backup, you have the option to tell the backup solution to save the logs, and flush the old logs. But, sometimes if the backup is failing .Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

ErrorMessage: The required log file for New YorkEXC02 is missing on the active copy. If you removed the log file, please replace it. If the log file is lost, the database copy will need to be reseeded using Update-MailboxDatabaseCopy. I reseeded the database again and it still went into 'Failed Suspended' mode. You can manually delete the Transaction logs however it is not recommended. The only real recommended way to remove the logs is take a backup and let the logs truncate themselves, which obviously you cannot do. \Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Logging. And. But right now the log partition size was reached maximum. We need to clear old logs. The windows Backup it will support to clear a logs. Please advice for the same. Regards, Santh. (in reply to mark@www.doorway.ru) Post #: 3. RE: How to clear old log files in exchange - Jul AM.

It is NOT RECOMMENDED to delete the log files manually. As you know, they are deleted once committed to the database and then once a good backup is taken. You can dismount and delete log files and mount the system back at your will. 3. There is no setting which I am aware of that will delete the log files after 30 days. You must do this manually. You can use the database recovery management to remove/move the logs files too, it will identify those logs which can be safely removed. Or you can do it manually. Below is a complete set of steps to remove the excess transition log files manually: 1 1) Give a halt to the entire databases in the storage group. 2 2) Now the verification of the state of each database in the particular storage group is done. 3 3) Execute one of the following actions.