I dont know if this has been covered before, but here goes ..
I've inherited an NT server (SBS 4.5) that has 3 volumes spread accross 4 drives (UW SCSI)
C: 36 GB (2x Mirrored 36G drives)
H: 178 GB
I: 76 GB
Boot is from the 36 GB drive with one NTFS partition !
The exchange server is spread accross the C & H drives.
I'm concerned about recovering the server in event of failure (It'as backed up with Brightstore 9 with DR / open files / Exchange ooptions).
I cannot ghost the C: drive to DAT as there is too much data and a tape span would be required.
I have another server of identical spec which I want to use to create a new NT boot partition of about 1 Gbyte FAT as the recovery partition, and then split the existing c: partition across two new working partitions - one about 2 Gbyte bootable and the remainder of the drive (33 GB)to run the exchange etc.
Has anyone done this before or got any thoughts before I begin ?
Thanks.
Rick.
I've inherited an NT server (SBS 4.5) that has 3 volumes spread accross 4 drives (UW SCSI)
C: 36 GB (2x Mirrored 36G drives)
H: 178 GB
I: 76 GB
Boot is from the 36 GB drive with one NTFS partition !
The exchange server is spread accross the C & H drives.
I'm concerned about recovering the server in event of failure (It'as backed up with Brightstore 9 with DR / open files / Exchange ooptions).
I cannot ghost the C: drive to DAT as there is too much data and a tape span would be required.
I have another server of identical spec which I want to use to create a new NT boot partition of about 1 Gbyte FAT as the recovery partition, and then split the existing c: partition across two new working partitions - one about 2 Gbyte bootable and the remainder of the drive (33 GB)to run the exchange etc.
Has anyone done this before or got any thoughts before I begin ?
Thanks.
Rick.
