WHEW! Although it seemed to take quite a bit of time to convert the empty drive to dynamic, the WSUS drive converted in about 2 seconds. WSUS broke, though, probably because the volume was dismounted for the conversion.
A re-boot later, and it appears I now have a WSUS server with a 38 Gb volume (19 free), exactly what I was wanting way back when I first set the thing up. THANKS!!! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. tony patton <[email protected]> wrote on 07/14/2009 09:01:18 AM: > > 1. Doesn't matter if it's a seperate physical disk or not. > > 2. Should still work, asked one of the server gurus here, but he's > never tried it on a completely full partition. > > Regards > > Tony Patton > Desktop Operations Cavan > Ext 8078 > Direct Dial 049 435 2878 > email: [email protected] > > > [email protected] > 14/07/2009 14:51 > > Please respond to > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > To > > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > cc > > Subject > > RE: Cleaning up a WSUS server > > > > > > Will that work when: > > 1. Each 20 Gb volume is a separate physical disk, and > > 2. The WSUS drive is nearly full? > > (Don't know what the @#*& is going on, but I just now tried the MS > "Disk cleanup and compress". Now it's gone from 200 Kb to 150 Kb to > ZERO Kb...) > > Thanks! > > tony patton <[email protected]> wrote on 07/14/2009 08:46:46 AM: > > > > > What about converting the existing wsus partition to dynamic and > > allocating the extra 20gig to it as you need it? > > > > Regards > > > > Tony Patton > > Desktop Operations Cavan > > Ext 8078 > > Direct Dial 049 435 2878 > > email: [email protected] > > > > > > > [email protected] > > 14/07/2009 14:45 > > > > Please respond to > > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > > > To > > > > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > > > cc > > > > Subject > > > > RE: Cleaning up a WSUS server > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks... > > > > I skipped the "Express installation files", and the 20 Gb WSUS > > volume is indeed on a _separate_ volume from the OS. (That's what > > led me to building this, my second WSUS, several years back.) > > -- > > RMc > > > > Miller Bonnie L. <[email protected]> wrote on 07/14/2009 > > 08:33:08 AM: > > > > > You don?t mention the version, but if you are on 3 or higher and > > > using express installation files (options, update files and > > > languages), you might be able to remove those and run cleanup again > > > to get some additional space, but that is probably just a band-aid. > > > > > > BTW, do you mean that the WSUS server + OS are all sharing one 20GB > > > partition? If you are thinking of moving it so it has its own 20GB > > > volume, I can dig around in my notes?I have done that before, but it > > > has been a while. > > > > > > -Bonnie > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:04 AM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > Subject: Cleaning up a WSUS server > > > > > > > > > Greetings! > > > > > > My WSUS server runs off a 20 Gb partition. I have a second, nearly > > > blank 20 Gb disk in the same machine. > > > > > > The WSUS volume is nearly full. I have twice run the "Cleanup > > > wizard". Each time, it reports that it has cleared out a few Mb > > > disk space. However, when I then look at the disk itself, it shows > > > less space than before. (The recycler claims to be empty.) > > > > > > I guess I could go through the whole list of updates and disapprove > > > some of them. I'd prefer to get that second volume used. > > > Currently, though, it appears my "options" come to either setting up > > > a new and bigger WSUS server, or combining the two 20 Gb volumes > > > into a single volume (the dreaded software RAID), and this too would > > > be essentially whacking the current WSUS and making a new one. > > > > > > Help? Thanks! > > > -- > > > Richard D. McClary > > > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > > > > > ASPCA® > > > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > > > Urbana, IL 61802 > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > P: 217-337-9761 > > > C: 217-417-1182 > > > F: 217-337-9761 > > > www.aspca.org > > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments > > > hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty > > to Animals® > > > (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named > > > herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > > > information. 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