Hi Gavin, Can I ask you whether you need to extend the C: partition to occupy the whole space? Is the 20GB currently allocated not enough?
Also, if the mirrors are hardware-based, do you know for a fact that you can extend arrays like that in a non-destructive way, i.e., that won't destroy your operating system and boot data? I'm assuming also that as this is a SBS box, that this server also hosts user's file / network share and potentially redirected folder data, maybe also Sharepoint and whatever other goodies you get with SBS (forgive me for forgetting them all)! Maybe it would be wiser to keep those services on the E: drive, keep the C: drive as it is, and simply move the Exchange data only to the new drive, which for the sake of contiguosity (ahem) would be F:. I suggest reading both the Microsoft article<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821915>and the excellent page by Daniel Petri<http://www.petri.co.il/move_exchange_stores_to_a_different_disk.htm>, about moving Exchange to different disks. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821915 http://www.petri.co.il/move_exchange_stores_to_a_different_disk.htm I have used the above articles to help me perform a faultless move as described on a Windows Server 2003 (not R2, mind) SBS box, with no issues whatsoever. I hope this helps. In my opinion it is better to have the AD, user data and Exchange data on 3 separate physical disks / arrays, so you will be adding not only to the capacity but also to the performance this way. As an aside, people don't always agree about this, but I would also split the pagefile between all 3 volumes, based on total capacity and free space, but this is up to you or your company policy, obviously. Good luck and feel free to post back any further queries. Regards, Andrew Levicki <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821915> 2009/10/17 Gavin Wilby <[email protected]> > 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/> ~
