Hello All, I am planning to re-size my hard drives, currenyly i have the OS on C: Database on D: Logs on E: The C: and the E: drive are on a Raid1 mirror and the D: drive is on Raid 5. Now we have bought higher capacity disks and want to replace all of the 3 disks, can anyone advise me on a good plan. My Solution: Take valid backup of exchange (Exchange 2003 sp2) Move the logs from E: to D: Replace the C: and the E: with new disks Install the ghost image of the Operating system back on C: (Win 2003 Ent) Move the logs back to the new E: drive Replace the D drive with new disk Install exchange with a /disasterrecovery switch Restore exchange information from backup. Is this good enough or i can do this in a better way Thankx in advance
Hi, I must confess the once I did something similar with an Exchange Server. I don't think it's a supported operation, but it works. Since you'll keep the OS drive, you don't need to run setup /disasterrecovery. You're not even swapping drive letters, so it will just work after you're finished cloning disk C. Just be sure to do a clean shutdown of the Exchange Services and switch them to Manual (you can switch them back to Automatic afterwards) Good luck! -- Rui Silva MVP Windows Server System - Exchange Server Blog "subject: exchange", http://msmvps.com/ehlo "alstar" wrote in message news:EF5925D7-6ADC-4A0C-B543-CCC5B7968F53@microsoft.com... > Hello All, > > I am planning to re-size my hard drives, currenyly i have the OS on C: > Database on D: > Logs on E: > > The C: and the E: drive are on a Raid1 mirror and the D: drive is on Raid > 5. > Now we have bought higher capacity disks and want to replace all of the 3 > disks, can anyone advise me on a good plan. > > My Solution: > Take valid backup of exchange (Exchange 2003 sp2) > Move the logs from E: to D: > Replace the C: and the E: with new disks > Install the ghost image of the Operating system back on C: (Win 2003 Ent) > Move the logs back to the new E: drive > Replace the D drive with new disk > Install exchange with a /disasterrecovery switch > Restore exchange information from backup. > > > Is this good enough or i can do this in a better way > Thankx in advance >
