Re: Domain server re-install

1. Is fdisk only way to repartition or can I just use OS CD setup to partition?

Run the SBS BPA on the current installation.

www.sbsbpa.com

Fix what ever it finds. Backup, Verify, run a test restore.

Boot on the SBS CD1, run the installation , F6 to add storage drivers if required, delete all partitions, create new partitions, install SBS CD1, add Windows Service Pack equal to your current level, restore from backup.

depending on your controller, consider breaking the RAID1 mirror, then remove one of the drives to preserve what you have until you are happy with the new installation. Then, remirror the saved drive to the new one. Be careful here, and be sure you know what you are doing.

Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=487736f8-f6f5-436d-a82d-0c8d66e2a634&displaylang=en


2. What the heck is #1? Are you saying to move the boot disk to D?

Here are some additional space saving/making tips accumulated from this
newsgroup.

NOTE: When moving folders, especially your Exchange data base, revisit the
exclusions in your Anti Virus program. It is "critical" that these not be
scanned by your real time scanner.

Moving Data Folders for Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/maintain/movedata.mspx

How to move Exchange databases and logs in Exchange Server 2003
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821915>

How to Move Small Business Server 2000 Company and Users Shared Folders
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329640>

How to Move the Client Programs Folder to Another Location in Windows Small
Business Server 2003
<http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;830254>

How to Move the Windows Default Paging File and Print Spooler to a Different
Hard Disk
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314105

NOTE: Remember that moving the default paging file will prevent Windows from
creating a .dmp file for analysis should your system hit a critical error
and "blue screen".

Also:
Look at where the ISA logs are kept if you have SBS Premium.

You can move the C:\windows\uninstall$ folders off your systemroot, but you
may want to keep them in case you have to move them back to uninstall
something in the future. I have only ever had to to this once, and it was
not an SBS.

Remove any folders or files under the c:\documents and settings\user
name\local settings\temp folders.

If Monitoring is enabled it can create a file that could be large. Run
through the wizard again to flush out the gooey stuff..

Delete logs older than "date of your choice" from the system32 folder.
Likewise the logs and reports from the ISA folder.

Search for and delete old dmp files.

You can move the page file to another partition. The only downside is that
if you get a "blue screen" you will not get a full memory dump, and since
only MS can read them anyway, I don't see that it matters much.

You can delete files older than a few (days/weeks/months) under
C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles to purge old log files.

Verify that your AV program is not accumulating the old pattern files in its
download folder. Some of these files can be quite large.

You may gain some usable space and increase system performance in Windows
Server 2003 by moving the printer spool files to a different drive than the
one that holds the operating system. Note that this should be a different
spindle, but a different partition will help the OS a bit also.

By default, Windows Server 2003 places the printer spool folder at
%systemroot%\System32\Spool\Printers. However, you can potentially increase
system performance by moving the printer spool files to a different drive
than the one that holds the operating system.

Computers frequently access system files, so moving the printer files to a
different location allows faster access to those files. The drive won't have
to try to service requests simultaneously.

To change the location for the printer spooler files, follow these steps:
1. Go to Start | Printers And Faxes.
2. From the File menu, select Server Properties.
3. On the Advanced tab, enter the location where you would like to spool
print jobs. If the location doesn't exist, this process will create it for
you. Make sure the new location has sufficient disk space to handle large
print jobs.
4. Stop and restart the printer spooler service, or reboot the server.

WSUS is also a big space hog. If you want to move the WSUS data, download
the following document and read the part about relocating
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E26BCDB4-EF0B-4399-8A71-9B3B00C4F4CD&displaylang=en

You can move the contents of the Installer folder. This is a hidden
system folder that contains all the installation packages for applications
and patches installed on the server. In the event you need to remove or
modify a patch/application, you can temporarily copy the specific
folder back to the C:\ drive into the folder from whence it came. I would
give the new location the same folder tree as the original so I would know
where to copy back.

-Larry

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