Any old mailboxes that can be axed? How about exporting the mailboxes to PST (and then other media) that "owner" is deeming be kept for legal reasons? Then, axing those mailboxes.
Don Guyer Windows Systems Engineer RIM Operations Engineering Distributed - A Team, Tier 2 Enterprise Technology Group Fiserv [email protected] Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-233-0404 www.fiserv.com -----Original Message----- From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 11:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 2003 question The server is maxed out drive wise. On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 Adding additional disks to the server is probably less intrusive and > cheaper than another Exchange license, too. > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Please define "The owner does not want me making any changes to this >> server for reasons I don't fully understand." >> >> Because standing up another Exchange server, and moving off some users, >> and shrinking the existing databases are all some level of change to the >> Exchange server... >> >> What you want can easily be done, pending a better understanding of your >> business constraints. >> >> ASB (Professional Bio) >> Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Eric Brouwer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I have an issue with my Exchange 2003 server running on Server 2003. >>> It is out of space, so I had to dismount the store. The owner does >>> not want me making any changes to this server for reasons I don't >>> fully understand. Can I install another Exchange 2003 server in the >>> domain and have them work together? Once installed, I'd like to move >>> existing users to the new server, and have mail be sent/delivered here >>> as well. I would leave past employees on the existing box. It's >>> Exchange Standard if that makes a difference. Anything I need to be >>> aware of? I can get around in Exchange ok, but I don't know about >>> some of the higher level stuff like this. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
