"MikeH" <soara***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello All - Our mail server was poorly designed by having the C: drive
> partition set to only 10GB (don't ask, I don't know either). We are
> having all sorts of issues, but my main concern is our Exchange
> database (granted is very small now < 4GB) which sits on the C:
> partition. The E: drive (where data resides) is about 200GB or so. We
> need to do two things:
> 1. Resize C: drive (know of any solid tools do so on a Windows 2003
> SMB SP2 server?)
> 2. Move the Exchange database and files to E: to provide for future
> growth
> My approach would be to run (2) full backups, rebuild the partitions
> from scratch (yes, reloading Windows) and starting new (very afraid!).
> Your help and wisdom greatly appreciated in advance. Kind regards,

On Feb 10, 2:00 pm, "Michael Dragone" <newsgr***@mikerochip.com>
wrote:
> How much is free on C:\ and E:\? What is the physical disk configuration?
>
> I would not rebuild the server. Take a backup, move the Exchange databases
> to E:\, take another backup, then resize the C:\ partition.
>
> "MikeH" <soara***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:fd72014a-7a8c-4c64-97bb-19a5eb1d7671@k8g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hello All - Our mail server was poorly designed by having the C: drive
> > partition set to only 10GB (don't ask, I don't know either). We are
> > having all sorts of issues, but my main concern is our Exchange
> > database (granted is very small now < 4GB) which sits on the C:
> > partition. The E: drive (where data resides) is about 200GB or so. We
> > need to do two things:
> > 1. Resize C: drive (know of any solid tools do so on a Windows 2003
> > SMB SP2 server?)
> > 2. Move the Exchange database and files to E: to provide for future
> > growth
> > My approach would be to run (2) full backups, rebuild the partitions
> > from scratch (yes, reloading Windows) and starting new (very afraid!).
> > Your help and wisdom greatly appreciated in advance. Kind regards,

> On Feb 10, 2:00 pm, "Michael Dragone" <newsgr***@mikerochip.com>
> wrote:
>> How much is free on C:\ and E:\? What is the physical disk
>> configuration?
>>
>> I would not rebuild the server. Take a backup, move the Exchange
>> databases to E:\, take another backup, then resize the C:\ partition.
>>
>> "MikeH" <soara***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:fd72014a-7a8c-4c64-97bb-19a5eb1d7671@k8g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> Hello All - Our mail server was poorly designed by having the C:
>>> drive partition set to only 10GB (don't ask, I don't know either).
>>> We are having all sorts of issues, but my main concern is our
>>> Exchange database (granted is very small now < 4GB) which sits on
>>> the C: partition. The E: drive (where data resides) is about 200GB
>>> or so. We need to do two things:
>>> 1. Resize C: drive (know of any solid tools do so on a Windows 2003
>>> SMB SP2 server?)
>>> 2. Move the Exchange database and files to E: to provide for future
>>> growth
>>> My approach would be to run (2) full backups, rebuild the partitions
>>> from scratch (yes, reloading Windows) and starting new (very
>>> afraid!). Your help and wisdom greatly appreciated in advance. Kind
>>> regards,
>
> Hi, Michael. Thanks for the info. I don't have experience in how to
> make the C: partition bigger w/o rebuilding.

> ArrgosS <soara***@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 10, 2:00 pm, "Michael Dragone" <newsgr***@mikerochip.com>
> > wrote:
> >> How much is free on C:\ and E:\? What is the physical disk
> >> configuration?
>
> >> I would not rebuild the server. Take a backup, move the Exchange
> >> databases to E:\, take another backup, then resize the C:\ partition.
>
> >> "MikeH" <soara***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:fd72014a-7a8c-4c64-97bb-19a5eb1d7671@k8g2000yqn.googlegroups.com....
>
> >>> Hello All - Our mail server was poorly designed by having the C:
> >>> drive partition set to only 10GB (don't ask, I don't know either).
> >>> We are having all sorts of issues, but my main concern is our
> >>> Exchange database (granted is very small now < 4GB) which sits on
> >>> the C: partition. The E: drive (where data resides) is about 200GB
> >>> or so. We need to do two things:
> >>> 1. Resize C: drive (know of any solid tools do so on a Windows 2003
> >>> SMB SP2 server?)
> >>> 2. Move the Exchange database and files to E: to provide for future
> >>> growth
> >>> My approach would be to run (2) full backups, rebuild the partitions
> >>> from scratch (yes, reloading Windows) and starting new (very
> >>> afraid!). Your help and wisdom greatly appreciated in advance. Kind
> >>> regards,
>
> > Hi, Michael. Thanks for the info. I don't have experience in how to
> > make the C: partition bigger w/o rebuilding.
>
> You'd probably want to use something like Acronis Disk Director, if this
> were something you actually needed to do.
>
> >  The disks I believe are
> > (2) SCSI disks operating in RAID 1; (2) logical partitions (C: has
> > about 1.5GB of free space); E: has about 100GB of space. Thanks again,
>
> You should be fine with 10GB on the system volume - just don't put any
> *data* files on there.
>
> See "How to move Exchange databases and logs in Exchange Server 2003"http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=821915&SD=tech
>
> You could also uninstall any third party apps & reinstall them on D. Clean
> out old $NTUninstall folders from %windir%.

>> You'd probably want to use something like Acronis Disk Director, if
>> this
>> were something you actually needed to do.
>>
>>> The disks I believe are
>>> (2) SCSI disks operating in RAID 1; (2) logical partitions (C: has
>>> about 1.5GB of free space); E: has about 100GB of space. Thanks
>>> again,
>>
>> You should be fine with 10GB on the system volume - just don't put
>> any *data* files on there.
>>
>> See "How to move Exchange databases and logs in Exchange Server
>> 2003"http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=821915&SD=tech
>>
>> You could also uninstall any third party apps & reinstall them on D.
>> Clean
>> out old $NTUninstall folders from %windir%.
>
> Thanks again. I'll look into this and get back to the group with a
> final outcome. I truly appreciate your input.

"MikeH" <soara***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fd72014a-7a8c-4c64-97bb-19a5eb1d7671@k8g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
> Hello All - Our mail server was poorly designed by having the C: drive
> partition set to only 10GB (don't ask, I don't know either). We are
> having all sorts of issues, but my main concern is our Exchange
> database (granted is very small now < 4GB) which sits on the C:
> partition. The E: drive (where data resides) is about 200GB or so. We
> need to do two things:
> 1. Resize C: drive (know of any solid tools do so on a Windows 2003
> SMB SP2 server?)
> 2. Move the Exchange database and files to E: to provide for future
> growth
> My approach would be to run (2) full backups, rebuild the partitions
> from scratch (yes, reloading Windows) and starting new (very afraid!).
> Your help and wisdom greatly appreciated in advance. Kind regards,

On Feb 10, 10:45 pm, "John Fullbright" <fjohn@donotspamnetappdotcom>
wrote:
> Do a backup, then use the Exchange Management GUI to move the database (and
> logs) to the E: drive.
>
> John
>
> "MikeH" <soara***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:fd72014a-7a8c-4c64-97bb-19a5eb1d7671@k8g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hello All - Our mail server was poorly designed by having the C: drive
> > partition set to only 10GB (don't ask, I don't know either). We are
> > having all sorts of issues, but my main concern is our Exchange
> > database (granted is very small now < 4GB) which sits on the C:
> > partition. The E: drive (where data resides) is about 200GB or so. We
> > need to do two things:
> > 1. Resize C: drive (know of any solid tools do so on a Windows 2003
> > SMB SP2 server?)
> > 2. Move the Exchange database and files to E: to provide for future
> > growth
> > My approach would be to run (2) full backups, rebuild the partitions
> > from scratch (yes, reloading Windows) and starting new (very afraid!).
> > Your help and wisdom greatly appreciated in advance. Kind regards,

"ArrgosS" <soara***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 10, 10:45 pm, "John Fullbright" <fjohn@donotspamnetappdotcom>
wrote:
> Do a backup, then use the Exchange Management GUI to move the database
> (and
> logs) to the E: drive.
>
> John
>
> "MikeH" <soara***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:fd72014a-7a8c-4c64-97bb-19a5eb1d7671@k8g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hello All - Our mail server was poorly designed by having the C: drive
> > partition set to only 10GB (don't ask, I don't know either). We are
> > having all sorts of issues, but my main concern is our Exchange
> > database (granted is very small now < 4GB) which sits on the C:
> > partition. The E: drive (where data resides) is about 200GB or so. We
> > need to do two things:
> > 1. Resize C: drive (know of any solid tools do so on a Windows 2003
> > SMB SP2 server?)
> > 2. Move the Exchange database and files to E: to provide for future
> > growth
> > My approach would be to run (2) full backups, rebuild the partitions
> > from scratch (yes, reloading Windows) and starting new (very afraid!).
> > Your help and wisdom greatly appreciated in advance. Kind regards,

> John Fullbright wrote:
> > Aside from 3rd party tools and a lot of risk, you won't be abke to resize
> > C:.  Given that, you want to move as many components as possible off of C:.
> > The databases, the transaction logs, the smtp virtual directory, redirect
> > the temp directory, the message tracking logs, etc.
>
> This is all correct, and to the original poster, you can also move many,
> many other things and I think you'll find 10GB is more than enough for
> the OS partition. First and foremost, move your pagefile to another
> drive. That will likely free up 1GB out of the box if it's not already
> been done. You can also migrate your ServicePackFiles folder to another
> drive (have to change one registry key) for several hundred more MB,
> also kill any service pack uninstalls in the Windows folder. I have
> supported many Exchange servers that had 8GB-10GB OS partitions, and
> with just a little handiwork, end up with 1GB of constant free space on
> the OS partition for temp files and software updates.
>
> Venger

> On Feb 11, 10:52 pm, Venger <ven***@mail.com> wrote:
>> John Fullbright wrote:
>>> Aside from 3rd party tools and a lot of risk, you won't be abke to resize
>>> C:.  Given that, you want to move as many components as possible off of C:.
>>> The databases, the transaction logs, the smtp virtual directory, redirect
>>> the temp directory, the message tracking logs, etc.
>> This is all correct, and to the original poster, you can also move many,
>> many other things and I think you'll find 10GB is more than enough for
>> the OS partition. First and foremost, move your pagefile to another
>> drive. That will likely free up 1GB out of the box if it's not already
>> been done. You can also migrate your ServicePackFiles folder to another
>> drive (have to change one registry key) for several hundred more MB,
>> also kill any service pack uninstalls in the Windows folder. I have
>> supported many Exchange servers that had 8GB-10GB OS partitions, and
>> with just a little handiwork, end up with 1GB of constant free space on
>> the OS partition for temp files and software updates.
>>
>> Venger
>
> Thanks, Venger. Definitely key information you provided. I'll check on
> the logs and SP files (have that registry key to change by any
> chance?). Thanks again,