How to setup Exchange 2010 Mailbox Database on Remote Server
I am trying to setup a mailbox database on an extra server we have here specifically for archiving purposes. Is there a way to create a database on a network drive? Or how can i go about doing this? We purchased the drives specifically for this machine and this purpose.
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You can place the database anywhere, just make sure that the network drive is always accessible. In the Exchange Management console, go to Server Configuration --> Mailbox, click on the mailbox database(and the public folders if you wanna move those, too), and click "Move Database Path". Proceed to move it to werever you like.
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It is giving me an error saying it needs to be a fixed drive. It is only archives for a journaling mailbox.
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd346703.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee832792.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd346703.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee832792.aspx
OK, you can trick the computer into thinking that the location is local by creating a junction point on the existing drive to the network drive. So if you create a junction point on the C: drive called "NewLocation" and point it to a network drive path, like "x:\NewLocation", the computer will think t at it's using a folder on the C: drive, when in fact it's on the X:\ drive. You can use a free program called Link Magic to doit;
http://www.rekenwonder.com/linkmagic.htm
http://www.rekenwonder.com/linkmagic.htm
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happy to hear you resolved this issue and many thanks for the points!