topic Re: Migrate &quot;White spaced&quot; Exchange data with SME in Data Protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Migrate-quot-White-spaced-quot-Exchange-data-with-SME/m-p/28203#M5972 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No.&nbsp; It simply copies the Exchange database as is.&nbsp; In order to remove your free space you would need to make a new mailbox database and then use move mailbox cmdlets to remove the white space.&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>Note that the white space does not impact NetApp SnapManager backup times as a traditional tape backup would.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:38:16 GMT spence 2013-04-30T12:38:16Z Migrate "White spaced" Exchange data with SME https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Migrate-quot-White-spaced-quot-Exchange-data-with-SME/m-p/28197#M5971 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>What happens with the "White spaces" during initial migration with SME?</P><P></P><P>Given a disk with approx 500 GB size and 400 GB occupied by Exchange databases. A check with Get-MailboxDatabase -Status tells that there is approx 50% "White Space" amount due to an archive operation with a 3rd party tool.</P><P></P><P>Will the LUN after a migration with SME (from local harddisk to FC attached LUN) only consume approx 200 GB?</P><P></P><P>thanks </P><P>Erich</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:03:51 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Migrate-quot-White-spaced-quot-Exchange-data-with-SME/m-p/28197#M5971 vexperts 2025-06-05T06:03:51Z Re: Migrate "White spaced" Exchange data with SME https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Migrate-quot-White-spaced-quot-Exchange-data-with-SME/m-p/28203#M5972 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No.&nbsp; It simply copies the Exchange database as is.&nbsp; In order to remove your free space you would need to make a new mailbox database and then use move mailbox cmdlets to remove the white space.&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>Note that the white space does not impact NetApp SnapManager backup times as a traditional tape backup would.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:38:16 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Migrate-quot-White-spaced-quot-Exchange-data-with-SME/m-p/28203#M5972 spence 2013-04-30T12:38:16Z