Guest Terry Hall Posted April 12, 2008 Posted April 12, 2008 Anyone know of any tools that will allow me to extend the 2003 Server system/boot volume? I inherited a server from someone who obviously thought 10Gb was always going to be sufficient.and, of course, I'm rapidly running out of space due to service packs, etc. Neither Symantec's Partition Magic nor Paragon's Partition Manager Server Edition appear to be any good for this because my OS resides on a RAID system.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted April 12, 2008 Posted April 12, 2008 Re: Extending 2003 Server system/boot volume "Terry Hall" <terryh at cds-sf dot org> wrote in message news:uZf88IDnIHA.1052@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Anyone know of any tools that will allow me to extend the 2003 Server > system/boot volume? I inherited a server from someone who obviously > thought 10Gb was always going to be sufficient.and, of course, I'm rapidly > running out of space due to service packs, etc. Neither Symantec's > Partition Magic nor Paragon's Partition Manager Server Edition appear to > be any good for this because my OS resides on a RAID system. AFAIK, Acronis DiskDirector (Server) will do it.
Guest Anteaus Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 RE: Extending 2003 Server system/boot volume Other thing is to look for items that are wasting space. i386 folder, $NTUninstall folders, logs,etc. Plus, you can move the swapfile to another volume. Unless you're running some very exotic stuff I'd be surprised if a server C: drive should need 10GB. (Though I normally give them >20 to be safe!) "Terry Hall" wrote: > Anyone know of any tools that will allow me to extend the 2003 Server > system/boot volume? I inherited a server from someone who obviously thought > 10Gb was always going to be sufficient.and, of course, I'm rapidly running > out of space due to service packs, etc. Neither Symantec's Partition Magic > nor Paragon's Partition Manager Server Edition appear to be any good for > this because my OS resides on a RAID system. > > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 Re: Extending 2003 Server system/boot volume "Anteaus" <Anteaus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2FD568BD-1EEB-4076-98E6-CA1E5E8C4047@microsoft.com... > Other thing is to look for items that are wasting space. > > i386 folder, $NTUninstall folders, logs,etc. > > Plus, you can move the swapfile to another volume. > > Unless you're running some very exotic stuff I'd be surprised if a server > C: > drive should need 10GB. (Though I normally give them >20 to be safe!) In my experience a 10GByte primary server partition is so tight that it will always require ongoing attention. The 20 GBytes you mention would be a far more comfortable value.
Guest Newell White Posted April 14, 2008 Posted April 14, 2008 RE: Extending 2003 Server system/boot volume "Terry Hall" wrote: > Anyone know of any tools that will allow me to extend the 2003 Server > system/boot volume? I inherited a server from someone who obviously thought > 10Gb was always going to be sufficient.and, of course, I'm rapidly running > out of space due to service packs, etc. Neither Symantec's Partition Magic > nor Paragon's Partition Manager Server Edition appear to be any good for > this because my OS resides on a RAID system. > > Do you have to resize? I inherited an even tighter situation. We run our DC (hosting DHCP, DNS, WINS, file server and App Server for database serving entire design, manufacture, and sales functions) with 7.84 Gbyte of C: drive, currently 1Gbyte is free. I freed up space on the C: drive by following steps: 1) 1.5Gbyte - Move most of C:\pagefile.sys to D: Create a new file D:\pagefile.sys, min = 1536Mbyte, max = 1536Mbyte Modify file C:\pagefile.sys, min = 128Mbyte, max = 128Mbyte Use regedit.exe to set HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Mnager\Memory Management ClearPageFileAtShutdown DWORD 0 => 1 Takes effect when you re-boot. 2) 1Gbyte - Move all folders C:\windows\$nt*uninst* to D:\exc_windows\ You can't uninstall MS updates to your operating system without moving them back, but in 2 years in this job I have never wanted to! 3) 0.65Gbyte - move app software If you have install CD or download, uninstall from C:\Program Files\ and re-install in D:\moved_programs\ These changes have been in place for 2 years with no problems. 4) 0.16Gbyte - Move folders C:\windows\ie7 and \ie7updates to D:\exc_windows\ Done this morning. -- Regards, Newell White
Guest leew [MVP] Posted April 15, 2008 Posted April 15, 2008 Re: Extending 2003 Server system/boot volume Terry Hall wrote: > Anyone know of any tools that will allow me to extend the 2003 Server > system/boot volume? I inherited a server from someone who obviously thought > 10Gb was always going to be sufficient.and, of course, I'm rapidly running > out of space due to service packs, etc. Neither Symantec's Partition Magic > nor Paragon's Partition Manager Server Edition appear to be any good for > this because my OS resides on a RAID system. > > 10 GB is sufficient with just a little bit of management and some reconfiguration. You should NOT have Exchange running off the C: drive - put it on another partition (preferably a dedicated partition and more preferably, a dedicated disk array). I have a web page with over 20 things you can do to alleviate disk space issues WITHOUT resizing. please see http://www.lwcomputing.com/tips/static/bootdrivesize.asp -leew
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