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Running out of disk space on C drive on Domain Controller
I am running out of disk space on drive C on one of my domain controllers. The WINNT/SYSVOL seems to be taking up most of the space. Can someone tell me what unneccesary files might be on the SYSVOL so that I might be able to delete them and free up disk space. Or some solution to how I will be able to free up more disk space on C
You can't really delete much from sysvol. However you can relocate it to another drive. I would be quite cautious doing this though. The microsoft article is: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842162
First move the page file, move ntuninstall files to another drive, check for c:\windows\memory.dmp (memory dump from a previous blue screen, will be as big s you ram so can be a couple GBs).
Check out the c:\documents and settings folder, you'd be surprised how many admins have a 1GB+ profile with install files etc sitting around on the desktop.
First move the page file, move ntuninstall files to another drive, check for c:\windows\memory.dmp (memory dump from a previous blue screen, will be as big s you ram so can be a couple GBs).
Check out the c:\documents and settings folder, you'd be surprised how many admins have a 1GB+ profile with install files etc sitting around on the desktop.
SYSVOL contains your Group Policy Objects and templates for said, login scripts, and any files that have been manually placed there.
The risk with SYSVOL is that administrators will dump a log of gunk into it (.BMPs, .EXEs, etc), so that they can be replicated around to different DCs, which can bloat the SYSVOL fairly quickly. However, there's no quick answer to "What's in SYSVOL that I don't need?" It's going to be completely dependent on your environment and how it's configured.
The risk with SYSVOL is that administrators will dump a log of gunk into it (.BMPs, .EXEs, etc), so that they can be replicated around to different DCs, which can bloat the SYSVOL fairly quickly. However, there's no quick answer to "What's in SYSVOL that I don't need?" It's going to be completely dependent on your environment and how it's configured.
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The partition is 12GB (the previous admin set it up and it seems to be the default size that Dell sends them in) 500MB are left :( it has the following roles, file server - print server - application server - domain controller(Active Directory) - DNS Server - DHCP Server
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I have Disk 0 made up of Drive C and D, Disk 1 contains E and G Drives. If D were empty would I be able to extend the C partiition to it or something.
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You can't extedn the system partition or a partition that has the page file.
You might be able to do it with 3rd party tools...but I wouldn't recommend doing this sort of thing on a DC.
IMO...you should probably be able to live with a 12GB C drive. How big is the sysvol folder?
How big is the netlogon folder? C:\WINDOWS\SYSVOL\sysvol\<
You can't extedn the system partition or a partition that has the page file.
You might be able to do it with 3rd party tools...but I wouldn't recommend doing this sort of thing on a DC.
IMO...you should probably be able to live with a 12GB C drive. How big is the sysvol folder?
How big is the netlogon folder? C:\WINDOWS\SYSVOL\sysvol\<
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When I run treesize it shows me
10,886 MB C:\
9,386 MB WINNT
4,628 MB system32
3,161 MB CertLog
What is Certlog?
10,886 MB C:\
9,386 MB WINNT
4,628 MB system32
3,161 MB CertLog
What is Certlog?
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Does the server still run certification services? If not, when you uninstall CS, it leaves the database behind and you ahve to manually remove it.
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/a29de265-85b8-48d8-b7b9-046eabb6ce741033.mspx?mfr=true
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/a29de265-85b8-48d8-b7b9-046eabb6ce741033.mspx?mfr=true
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Moving the CertLog returned a whopping 3.5GB to Drive C. :)
Treedisk was very helpful for pinpointing the disk usage.
I need to start keeping an eye on $NTUninstall files as well.
Thanks for all of the help
Treedisk was very helpful for pinpointing the disk usage.
I need to start keeping an eye on $NTUninstall files as well.
Thanks for all of the help
You could move the swap file to another disk without that much problem which would give you some space. You can check for any NTUinsatall files that have been created by hotfixes etc (at the expense of not being able to uninstall them)
How big is the partition? how much space have you left? What other than Win2003 is installed on the server?