Virusscanners may not have the result you wanted always, especially on databases and log files they can cause strange issues. Below an overview of folders you will need to exclude from virusscanning when a virusscanner is running on your Exchange 2007 server:

Mailbox server

  • Exchange databases, checkpoint files, and log files for the specific storage groups

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox folder

  • Database content indexes

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox folder

  • General log files, zoals message tracking log files

    _%Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\Logs folder

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Logging folder_

  • Offline Address Book files

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ExchangeOAB folder

  • IIS system files

    %SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv folder

  • OLE conversies

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Working\OleConvertor folder

  • Mailbox database temp folder

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\MDBTEMP

HUB Transport

  • General log files

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\Logs folder

  • Message folders

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles folder

  • De transport server role queue database, checkpoint and log files

     %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\Data\Queue folder

  • De transport server role Sender Reputation database, checkpoint and log files

     %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\Data\SenderReputation folder

  • De transport server role IP filter database, checkpoint and log files

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\Data\IpFilter folder

  • De temp folders which is used for conversions: OLE conversions

    _%Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Working\OleConvertor folder

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Client Access 

  •  De Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 compressie folder

      %systemroot%\IIS Temporary Compressed Files

  • IIS system files

    %SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv folder

  • De Internet gerelateerde  files

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess folder

Edge Transport

  • De Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) database and log files

     %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\Data\Adam folder

  • General log files

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\Logs folder

  • Bericht mappen

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles folder

  • De transport server role queue database, checkpoint and log files

     %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\Data\Queue folder

  • De transport server role Sender Reputation database, checkpoint and log files

     %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\Data\SenderReputation folder

  • De transport server role IP filter database, checkpoint and log files

     %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\Data\IpFilter folder

  •  De temp directories which is used for conversions: OLE conversions

     %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Working\OleConvertor folder

UM  

  • The grammar files

    %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\UnifiedMessaging\grammars folder

  • Voice prompts

     %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\UnifiedMessaging\Prompts folder

  • Voicemail files

     %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\UnifiedMessaging\voicemail folder

  • Bad voicemail files

     %Program Files%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\UnifiedMessaging\badvoicemail folder


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