Todd,
If this is the only way a significant number of users can do their daily
jobs, how much down time can you afford ?
You could try a backup & restore to new system (as long as they are close
hardware wise).
If your 3 disk array is already fully allocated, I would add a drive or 2
and expand the capacity of the raid. This will take sometime for the
controller to handle all the busy work Then I would find a software package
to resize the system partition using some of the newly created free space on
the array.
A quick look around for such a package with windows 2003 support found this:
http://www.partition-manager.com/corporate/
$300 might seem like alot of money - but the savings in downtime more then
justifies the expense.
My 0010 bits - Good Luck,
Charles
If this is the only way a significant number of users can do their daily
jobs, how much down time can you afford ?
You could try a backup & restore to new system (as long as they are close
hardware wise).
If your 3 disk array is already fully allocated, I would add a drive or 2
and expand the capacity of the raid. This will take sometime for the
controller to handle all the busy work Then I would find a software package
to resize the system partition using some of the newly created free space on
the array.
A quick look around for such a package with windows 2003 support found this:
http://www.partition-manager.com/corporate/
$300 might seem like alot of money - but the savings in downtime more then
justifies the expense.
My 0010 bits - Good Luck,
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Hofert" <todd@...>
To: <vantage@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:28 AM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT Server OS Reinstall
>
> I have already pared the page file down considerably on the system
> partition. Performance isn't a problem at this point.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Paluska - HPN [mailto:cpaluska@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:26 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Vantage] OT Server OS Reinstall
>
>
> Where is your swap file and how large is it?
>
> You can get quite a boost if performance by moving the system swap file
> off the raid 5 and placing it on a dedicated drive. This also frees up
> valuable space on the system partition.
>
> Charles
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Todd Hofert" <todd@...>
> To: <vantage@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:22 AM
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT Server OS Reinstall
>
>
> >
> > I have four disks, I can add two more. System came with a 4GB system
> > partition and it is too small. This is a terminal server and user
> > profiles and Vantage temp directories are filling it and causing
> > problems. Just want to reformat to make larger partition. Don't want
> to
> > lose any data links using UNC so I cannot afford to change the name of
> > the machine.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charles Paluska - HPN [mailto:cpaluska@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:08 AM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vantage] OT Server OS Reinstall
> >
> >
> > Todd,
> >
> > You might and I mean MIGHT be able to Ghost the partitions to
> different
> > sizes.
> > I have ghosted NT 4 Domain controllers that are also Vantage servers
> as
> > well as file & print without any issues.
> > Started with 2000 things got iffy - mostly related to dynamic disks.
> > When it works it sure saves a boat load of time.
> >
> > How many disks make up your array?
> > How many additional disks can you fit into your system?
> > and last but not least...
> > Are you adding new disks or just want to resize the disks you have ?
> >
> > Sorry about the 20 questions,
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Todd Hofert" <todd@...>
> > To: <vantage@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:51 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT Server OS Reinstall
> >
> >
> > >
> > > RAID 5 on 3rd party RAID Controller, Basic Disk, NTFS partitions
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Charles Paluska - HPN [mailto:cpaluska@...]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:43 AM
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Vantage] OT Server OS Reinstall
> > >
> > >
> > > Todd,
> > >
> > > What type of disk subsystem is the server using: ide, scsi, raid
> > > controller etc ?
> > > Are you using Basic disk or Dynamic disk configurations ?
> > >
> > > Charles
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Todd Hofert" <todd@...>
> > > To: <vantage@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:13 AM
> > > Subject: [Vantage] OT Server OS Reinstall
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I am having some disk space issues on a Win 2000 member server due
> > to
> > > a
> > > > small system partition. My plan is to reformat the drives into a
> > > single
> > > > partition or at least a larger system partition, install Server
> 2003
> > > and
> > > > return it to duty. I have documents on this server that are linked
> > to
> > > > Vantage through document management. I am wondering if anyone
> knows
> > > off
> > > > hand if I will have a problem giving this server the exact same
> name
> > > > during reformat. Will I be able to get it into my domain with the
> > same
> > > > name? It would create quite a problem if the links are broken due
> to
> > a
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