Re: Increasing the C: partition size on a SBS 2003 system
- From: "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 16:36:35 -0500
Good catch SG. I've used to using software Raid 1 and forgot about the
possibility of HW Raid. Thanks for jumping in here.
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Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
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"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%238Qfhx0qFHA.2996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> except one thing
>
> Richard didn't actually say if it was hardware or software RAID but his
> comments suggest to me that it is HW. If so we can ignore the parts about
> dynamic vs basic disks.
>
> I've also used Partition Magic to adjust the partition size of test
> systems. Dell test systems having PERC RAID to be precise.
>
> You want about 20GB for your OS partition.
>
> "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uWAJ0a0qFHA.1788@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> You should be able to break the mirror and remove the shadow disk for
>> safe keeping, in case things go wrong. You might even want to run a test
>> to make sure you can boot off the shadow disk. Then get a copy of Ghost
>> 2003 (or 9.0) and a either a spare internal drive or an external USB
>> drive. Don't install Ghost on the server. Create a set of boot floppies
>> or a bootable CD, boot up the server on one of these and Ghost the
>> primary drive to the external USB drive (I generally use the partition to
>> image method). Use the Ghost "Verify" command to verify the image. This
>> imaging procedure will create an image of the disk as a "basic" disk (not
>> a dynamic disk).
>>
>> Restore the image from the external USB drive to the primary drive while
>> adjusting the partition sizes (this capability is built into Ghost using
>> the Restore from Disk procedure). Reboot and make sure everything works.
>> I generally run for at least a day before I declare the procedure a
>> success. Once satisfied, remove the primary disk, install the secondary
>> disk and reformat it from either the SCSI utility you see as the server
>> boots up or, if it boots, you can also use Disk Management to reformat
>> the drive. Now replace the primary and secondary drives in their
>> original places in the server. Boot up, configure both disks as dynamic
>> and establish a mirror. Keep the image you created on the external USB as
>> this is your final lifeline if anything goes wrong with establishing the
>> mirror.
>>
>> While this procedure may take a few hours, it's less nerve-racking and
>> time-comsuming that trying to reinstall from scratch and remember all the
>> server settings/patches. And you can then continue to use Ghost to
>> periodically image the server before installing major software (like
>> service packs). Backups are good but you can sleep better with both a
>> backup and an image.
>>
>> --
>> Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
>> ===================================
>>
>> "Richard" <Richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:33211A37-6DC9-4FDC-BE66-CCD57CDDCCE1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> The default 12gb c: partion on this system is down to 2.5 gb. I'm still
>>> finding files I can either remove or redirect but I have concern for the
>>> long
>>> term space needs for this partition and want to increase it size. This
>>> is a
>>> Dell Poweredge 2800 server w/ raid 1. Two phisical disks look like one
>>> to the
>>> os. This logical drive is partitioned as c & d. The d partition has
>>> pleanty
>>> orf space. If this were any other sys I would have already run Partition
>>> Magic or Diskeeper and been done with it but I can't afford a mistake on
>>> this
>>> server and modifying system partitions is not supported by Dell and
>>> risky
>>> anyway.
>>>
>>> Dell & MS both say the c: & d: partitions will have to be backed up and
>>> SBS
>>> 2003 re-installed with the backup applied in a specific manner allowing
>>> the
>>> old application configurations to be inherited. This will allow, during
>>> the
>>> beginning of the new install, the repartitioning of c: to a larger size.
>>>
>>> Am I missing anything here? Anybody know a better way. This looks like a
>>> full 8 hour night project if nothing goes wrong.
>>>
>>> Additionally, how do you run SBS and all of its component system in a 12
>>> gb
>>> partition? I have redirected the docs & setting folders for all users,
>>> moved
>>> the Exchange stores, moved the SQLServer db files and turned off volume
>>> shadowing on c:.
>>>
>>> I'm blown away there is not a straight forward approach to this.
>>>
>>> Tnx,
>>> Richard
>>
>>
>
>
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