Hi, I just want to run this past you guys to make sure that what i want to do today is clear in my head and I havent forgotton anyhting.
I have a SBS2003 server that has a hardwared mirrored drive on it. The drive is split into a 20GB partition (c:) for the system to live on and a 50GB partition (e:) for data, and Exchange databases to live on. Im introducing two new disks as a 72GB mirror to the server. This is to be the new data store. so what i propose is. - Unmount the Exchange stores. - Stop any services that are using any files on the e: drive. - Make a note of any shares and permissions. - Copy all the data from the old e: drive to the new drive (lets just say its called z:) - When thats done and verified, change the drive letters around so the old e: becomes x:, and the old z: becomes the new e: - Remount the exchange stores. - replace and shares and permissions. - Once all checked wipe the x: drive and then extend the c: drive into the new space. I have two known good backups of the server, but can anyone see any issues with this process? -- Gavin Wilby, Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
