Re: Out of Disk Space SBS2003
- From: "JLSTech" <JLSTech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 21:54:01 -0700
Thanks for the quick response and the Exchange tip. As far as reloading
programs before the restore, I agree, I had a brain cramp.
RAID5 Vs. RAID1 - There is room for a 5th drive and I have suggested
purchasing the 5th Hard Drive as a Hot Spare. However, after reading your
post I may use the 5th drive to setup RAID1 for the system partiton and RAID5
for the Exchange and Data partitons. I do not need the extra page file drive,
this is a file server with less than 25 users, but RAID1 makes sense for the
system. Thanks for your post and making me re-think my apparoach.
TW
"aus" wrote:
> Restoring from tape to larger partitions should be fine. As you arent
> actually changing any driver dependent hardware there is no real issue.
> You dont really have to update the server too extensively when running
> the restore stage as this will overwrite everything, though I tend to
> put any major service pack on if available. But all your applications
> etc. will not need to be installed - these will all return upon the restore.
>
>
> On the Exchange side you can move the databases really easily. You just
> right click the email store and in properties are the paths to the
> stores. If you brwose to a new location the database is moved for you.
> Note that this move may take a while with a large email database but
> this will be out of hours anyway.
>
> So, backup as you say - twice is nice. Add in new disks and create array
> and 3x partitions. Reload Server to C: then Restore will repopulate C:
> and D: leaving E: blank. When you are happy the system is as before just
> re-specify the exchange database paths across to E:
>
>
> I would recommend RAID 1 not 5 - issues I have seen, when they do
> happen, are much more problematic with RAID 5 and any speed benefit isnt
> realised. Id have two pairs of mirrors in your setup with a 5th disk as
> the page disk - but then you probaly dont want to think about that - a
> restore is enough to keep you going!
>
>
>
> JLSTech wrote:
> > I have a new client that is running out of disk space on the system partition.
> >
> > SBS 2003 Standard. Compaq ML350, 4 X 9.1 GB SCSI, RAID5, 2 partitions,
> > System (c) and Exchange and Data(d).
> > Previous tech upgraded server to SBS from Win2K Server. Should not have,
> > System partiton was too small to begin with (5 GB's) and the Tech chose to
> > Compress system partiton, just to keep it running.
> >
> >
> >
> > Proposed solution is to replace all 4 hard drives, 72 GB each, RAID5.
> > I have done this many times in the past from the brutal NT days to WIN2K3
> > Server, but never with any SBS product and never with Exchange. That having
> > been said, I plan the following:
> >
> > 1.Because I have inherited this system and documentation is limited, I do
> > not know what has, or has not, been performed, so I need to bring the O\S and
> > programs up to a comfortable baseline. This does not include SP1, space is
> > unavaiable and I have yet to install it on a test machine, so will wait.
> >
> > 2. I plan to move all the data to an external hard drive, excluding
> > Exchange, thus decreasing the size of the backup. That leaves System,
> > Programs and Exchange.
> >
> > 3. Run 2 Full Backups of the SBS Server, 1 to tape and 1 to External Drive.
> > 4. Install new drives - System 15 GB and the rest for Data and Exchange.
> > 5. Install SBS2003 Standard, with Exchange on D drive ( The original
> > location). Install all programs, patches etc. to bring the O\S to the pre
> > backup baseline.
> > 6. Restore from full backup.
> > 7. Move Data stored on the External Hard Drive back to original locations.
> > 7. Rejoin Workstations to the Domain.
> >
> > Will this work?
> >
> > Will the fact that the original system partition is compressed cause any
> > problems that I am unaware of?
> >
> > Did I miss something?
> >
> > Is there a better way?
> >
> > In a perfect world I would prefer to have 3 partitons - System, Exchange and
> > Data. Any suggestions on whether I can accomplish this somehow? It is
> > Exchange that scares me. My experience with moving Exchange data is limited
> > at best.
> >
> > Any and all help is great appreciated.
> >
>
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