Re: Low Disk Space on SBS 2003 SP2

Hi Dave:

15 GB is manageable, but requires some work. You can search this group for disk space and the like and find some prior posts on the subject. I have a document that I will have access to on Friday that I will post up for you.

The folders most often found on the system drive that can be moved are exchange data bases, log files, user shared folders, and windows uninstall folders. All of which do not have to reside on the system partition.

Post back if you want the doc I have on this subject, or someone else may chip in tonight.

--Larry

"Dave2U" <Dave2U@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9BACB59F-4023-4CD9-8433-8406AF90BA3E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We have a SBS 2003 server that is running low on disk space on the C:\
partition. The server is configured as follows:

C:\ 15 GB Total - 75 MB Free Space [Windows Program Files]
D:\ 50 GB Total - 19 GB Free Space [Downloads and Source CDs]
E:\ 158 GB Total - 57 GB Free Space [Shared Documents, Client Apps,
Exchange, SQL Server]

The largest files on the C:\ partition appear to be logfiles located in
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\LogFiles\W3SVC1 at 2.94GB. These log files take the form
exyymmdd.log and are titled "Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0".

On July 12 2008, I created a new "Log Files" folder on the E:\ partition and
using the IIS MMC redirected the log files for the default web site to the
new folder. New logs are now being added to this new folder while the same
folder on the C:\ partition has stopped growing.

My question is this - have I taken the right approach? I'm not certain what
these log files are used for but they appear to replicate Exchange
transaction logs. Have I corrupted them by moving them in the manner
described. What harm would come from deleting them, or moving them entirely
to the D:\ partition?

.

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