RE: Running out of space
- From: v-yanniw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ("Jenny wu [MSFT]")
- Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 07:07:15 GMT
Hi Pat,
Thanks for posting here.
I am sorry for the delayed response due to weekend. Please understand that
the newsgroups are staffed weekdays by Microsoft Support professionals to
answer your systems and applications questions. Your understanding is
greatly appreciated!
For your description, I understand that you want to how to move data files
to save space. If I am off base, please don't hesitate to let me know.
When you install a Windows Update or Hot Fix, a folder named
$NtUninstallxxxxxx$ will be created under the WINNT folder. When you
install
Service Pack, a folder named $NTServicePackUninstall$ will also be created.
These folders contain the uninstallation files for these Windows
Updates and service pack. They keep the original version of the files
replaced by the updates and service pack. With these folders, you can
uninstall the updates and service pack in case some cause problems to the
system. If your system runs well, you can safely remove the folders.
For more information, see:
290402 HOW TO: Remove the Service Pack Restore Files and Folders in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290402
It seems that your system drive (C:) is lack of free space. You can try the
following suggestions in addtional to deleting the $NtUninstallxxxxxx$
folders to free up the disk space:
1. Use the Disk Cleanup tool to delete all temporary files. You can launch
the tool from Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk
Cleanup. For more information, you can refer to the following KB article
which also applies to Windows 2000:
310312 Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310312
2. Perform an online backup of the Exchange 2003 Information Store to purge
the transaction log files. You can use either the Windows 2003 built-in
NTBackup tool or an Exchange-aware third party backup tool. To use NTBackup
to backup Exchange information store, you can refer to
the following Microsoft KB article:
258243 How to Back Up and Restore an Exchange Computer by Using the Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258243
3. Use the "Eseutil /d" command to defrag the Exchange 2003 server
databases. When the users delete messages, the size of the database will
keep the same and you must perform an offline defragmentation using the
exeutil tool to reduce the Exchange database seize. Please note that
defragmenting a database requires free disk space equal to 110 percent of
the size of the database that you want to process so if you do not have
enough free space to run the eseutil tool, you can defrag the database on
another computer. See:
328804 How to Defragment Exchange Databases
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328804
192185 XADM: How to Defragment with the Eseutil Utility (Eseutil.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=192185
4. If a defrag still cannot free up much space of your C drive, you can
consider moving the Exchange databases and log files to another hard drive
with bigger capacity. You can refer to the following MS KB articles to get
more information on doing this:
821915 How to move Exchange databases and logs in Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821915
5. You can also move client programs folder, sharepoint database, monitor
database, and so on to another location to free up the disk space.
You can refer to the following MS white paper to move data folders as you
want to:
Moving Data Folders for Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/maintain/movedata.mspx
830254 How to move the client programs folder to another location in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830254
Please always remember to do full backup of your server in case of
problems. You can refer to the following article to do a backup of SBS 2003:
Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyIDH7736f8-f6f5-436d-a8
2d-0c8d66e2a634&DisplayLang=en
More info:
839214 You cannot mount an Exchange database that was moved by using the
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=839214
328794 How to protect Exchange data from hard disk failure
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328794
I am looking forward to you! if you have any further concern or question
about the issue, please feel free to let me know. We are always happy to be
assistance of you!
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2000/maintain/bkuprcvr.mspx
Moving Data Folders for Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/maintain/movedata.mspx
821915 How to move Exchange databases and logs in Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821915
839214 You cannot mount an Exchange database that was moved by using the
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=839214
328794 How to protect Exchange data from hard disk failure
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328794
830254 How to move the client programs folder to another location in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830254
Have a nice day!
Best Regards,
Jenny Wu
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>From: "Pat Coleman" <pcoleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Running out of space
>Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:31:56 -0400
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>I Have SBS2003 premium on a 12 GB Partition, as advised.
>
>Hoever, after SP1 and other updates, I am 97% full.
>
>Any and all log files are on a separate drive.
>
>Can I move the files names $NtUninstallKb..... from the c:/winnt
directory
>to a different partition to save space.
>
>What other files can I move to save space.
>
>Have exchange and SQL installed and winfax
>
>Any articles on this ??
>
>Pat
>
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