The real winner suggestion was by -
Quyyom, Abdul ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Computer Officer
Capita IT Services, Blackburn
(His message, for strange reasons, could not be posted in the list.)
He suggested that I use ESEFILE.EXE to move the databases after putting in
the new drive and renaming the two
Hi William,
(Your name is very familiar to me from NTsysAdmin and Exchange list. So I am
glad to hear from you.)
I said discomfiting, not discomforting. The two words have different
meaning. A missing drive letter may perplex others.
Jay
- Original Message -
From: William Lefkovics
To:
I am curious Jay, why is a drive letter change discomforting?
William
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Kulsh
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:30 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Thanks for replying. I am planning to do a full backup as
I haven't had to do it, but I would probably do a full backup, shut down the
server, add the additional drive, and then use Exchange Optimiser to move
the databases to the new drive.
Once all services back up and running, disconnect the old drive.
-Original Message-
From: Jay Kulsh
Thanks for replying. I am planning to do a full backup as well as exporting
mailboxes using ExMerge.
The problem using Optimizer is that I wll lose the current drive letter --
somewhat discomfiting.
Jay
- Original Message -
From: Leeann McCallum
To: Exchange Discussions
Sent: Monday,
Another option:
1. Full backup
2. Shut exchange server down
2. Remove small drive
3. Ghost small drive onto new big drive (on another pc if you want)
4. Replace new drive
5. Start up
No need to run any patches or Exmerge. I personally would go for the
Optimiser option, but if you are anal about a
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