Exchange warning: This database size is approaching the size limit of 18 GB.

[subhaash]

About 6 months ago I upgraded my SBS 2003 SP1 to SP2 with which I was said to have larger exchange databases support. Well these were no problem so far but now I started getting warning message in Event Viewer which is as follows:

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store
Event Category: General
Event ID: 9688
Date: 4/04/2007
Time: 5:00:31 a.m.
User: N/A
Description:
Exchange store 'First Storage Group\Mailbox Store (PCISERVER)': The logical size of this database (the logical size equals the physical size of the .edb file and the .stm file minus the logical free space in each) is 16 GB. This database size is approaching the size limit of 18 GB.

Any help will be appreciated.

[attitude.ashwin]

I have read somewhere that though Exchange SP2 'enables' the increased size of the store it doesn't implement it. Because it's not necessarily a good idea, IMHO. You can read more about this here http://www.vladville.com/articles/exchangesp2newdb.asp describing Changing Exchange Store Database Limits.