Phil
Wed May 05 17:29:25 CDT 2004
Juan:
I am not an "expert". There are some who disagree with me.
Your choice.
1st, exchange of any version should not be on your C: drive, or more
correctly, the same logical drive as your operating system folders. All
messages that enter the Exchange are placed in a temporary Transaction log
file. Later, the messages are copied into individual mailboxes. The Temp
trans log files are not deleted until a full "brick level backup" is done.
Attachments, I think, are handled slightly differently.
2nd I presume you cannot simply add another 9gig HDD to your RAID 5 or you
would not have posted.
(there are a few RAID card software CDs that allow you to boot to the SCIS
card CD, and add drives to the RAID configuration and the CD software and
the SCSI card takes care of the rest. OBVIOUSLY, a good backup is worth
your paycheck.)
As far as SQL log files and expired backups try
http://www.mssqlserver.com
and click on the FAQ links. I think there is an article near the bottom. Or
some other kind person can respond with more SQL expertise than I have.
My suggestions are:
1- do, and verify, a brick level backup on your exchange server, which
should result in the deletion of many exchange transaction logs. If nothing
else, use the built-in backup utility of SBS for exchange for the brick
level backup.
2. Go to
http://www.smallbizserver.net and look for SBS2000, Exchange
Server, How do I Move Exchange Databases. Then move all the databases to
your D drive. (it is OK to leave the exchange program files on your C
drive).
Hope this helps
Phil S.
"Juan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:802001c431e9$6ef30da0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Phil:
>
> Thanks for the response. I have a Hardware Raid 5
> (Adaptec Ultra2 SCSI model AAA-133U2). I curretnly have 4
> hard drives attached each one is 9 gigs. My C: drive is 4
> gigs and I have all essential installs on this drive
> (Backup Exec, Virus,etc). I also have ExchSrvr on this
> partition, and I'm not too familiar with Exchange, but it
> has mdbdata which I think creates dynamic files which at
> some point getr written to the Exchanged database, which
> is on my D: Drive (which has 6.5 Gigs available). I'm
> trying to free up space on my C: drive so that I can patch
> my server. Are there any folders I can delete? For
> example, I'm not using SQL Server on this box, and there
> seems to be a lot of log files (but I know some are
> needed).
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Juan
> >-----Original Message-----
> >It may be possible that you can recover a lot of space
> with some
> >housekeeping. You failed to mention the C: partition
> size. Sometimes
> >the partition can get cluttered with gigs of junk like
> dmp, tmp, log
> >files that proper backup and general cleanup can fix. You
> can also
> >easily move client apps and exchange databases of the C:
> partition.
> >
> >"Phil S." <nospam-m-phil-NoSpam@123.net> wrote:
> >
> >>Juan:
> >>
> >>Please let us know if this RAID 5 is OS (windows disk
> manager) or BIOS (SCSI
> >>raid card).
> >>
> >>If it is windows disk manager RAID 5, may we presume the
> logical disk C and
> >>D are dynamic disks as opposed to basic?
> >>
> >>Third question, do you have the physical room and
> connections available for
> >>adding additional disk(s).
> >>
> >>Fourth question: do you have an absolute positive GOOD
> backup of EVERY thing
> >>on the SBS box? Have you tested the backup for by
> restoring a small text
> >>file on C drive, D drive, and restoring an exchange mail
> box folder?
> >>
> >>Phil S.
> >>
> >>"Juan Ocasio" <jocasio@globaltechfinancial.com> wrote in
> message
> >>news:7a8801c43145$5392ca90$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >>> Hey all:
> >>>
> >>> I have a question regarding repartitioning my Raid 5
> >>> configuration. Is there a product that will allow me
> to
> >>> repartition the configuration? Right now, I have two
> >>> drives set up C: and D: (also M: for exchange). The
> >>> consultant who installed my SBS 2000 didn't think to
> leave
> >>> the C: partition big enough for all of the patches MS
> >>> would put out. Is there a way I can resize the C:
> >>> (currently 600 MB free) and the D:(currently 5.0 GB
> free)
> >>> partitions? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Juan
> >
> >Jim B. SBS MVP
> >remove the mvp to send email
> >.
> >