Configuring PerfectDisk for Exchange

PerfectDisk provides the means to create an ideal Exchange Server defragmentation configuration for your particular software ecosystem. PerfectDisk for Exchange simplifies the tasks of starting, stopping, scheduling, and setting-up data store optimization to facilitate your maintenance routines. However, some preconditions apply to make sure you achieve optimal results within a fragmented messaging environment.

For starters, you must configure PerfectDisk for Exchange to optimize a given Exchange Server data store. There are three ways to accomplish this task:

§ Specify a file and directory where PerfectDisk will deposit backups of a data store before defragmentation.

§ Provide a working directory to which PerfectDisk will copy the data store when defragmentation completes.

§ Provide a Virtual Exchange Server name for the virtual Exchange data store defragmentation.

Please also look over the Exchange Data Store Defragmentation Preconditions help information. These best practices can help you leverage the best results from using PerfectDisk for Exchange defragmentation. Once these preconditions are met, you will be ready to begin optimizing selected Exchange Server data stores.