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Exchange 2007 move physical database temporarily to replace the hard drives
windows 2008 server, exchange 2007 latest service packs
i have 2 disks.
disk 1 has the store.edb on it.
disk 2 has the log files.
i want to replace the drives on disk 1 to give it more space, can i:
simply dismount the store, take the physical .edb off the file system. delete the disk. put in new larger physical drives and recreate the disk, then move the .edb back without any issues?
need to know asap.
i have 2 disks.
disk 1 has the store.edb on it.
disk 2 has the log files.
i want to replace the drives on disk 1 to give it more space, can i:
simply dismount the store, take the physical .edb off the file system. delete the disk. put in new larger physical drives and recreate the disk, then move the .edb back without any issues?
need to know asap.
Are these two disks on RAID 1?
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origination disk is raid 10
temporary disk NOT attached to server physicall is raid 5
im basically looking to offload the database temporarily and fast so that i can pull the disks in the raid 10, replace them with larger drives, put it back to raid 10 and initialiaze, then move the database fast.
temporary disk NOT attached to server physicall is raid 5
im basically looking to offload the database temporarily and fast so that i can pull the disks in the raid 10, replace them with larger drives, put it back to raid 10 and initialiaze, then move the database fast.
With the assumption that your database is dismounted, expanding the RAID 10 on the drive will allow the RAID to be rebuilt without moving your data out of the array. However, this will take a long time especially when you have Exchange database in place. This process will take a lot of time and I don't think that you want to do that.
Moving the database to another location is probably the quickest way to do it. However, I have never done it on Exchange 2007. The instructions acbrown2010 works for 2010 but I have never tried on 2007 so I can't tell whether it will work for you.
Moving the database to another location is probably the quickest way to do it. However, I have never done it on Exchange 2007. The instructions acbrown2010 works for 2010 but I have never tried on 2007 so I can't tell whether it will work for you.
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the option to expand isnt there.....im wondering the following:
turn off all exchange services and dismount the store.
use eseutil with the copy command to copy the database to outside storage.
replace the disks, initialize new drive with same drive letter.
copy the datbase back into the same path as it was before
thoughts?
turn off all exchange services and dismount the store.
use eseutil with the copy command to copy the database to outside storage.
replace the disks, initialize new drive with same drive letter.
copy the datbase back into the same path as it was before
thoughts?
The move-databasepath cmdlet exists in both 2007 and 2010. It will do all the work for you going both ways, no need to use eseutil.
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i dont want it to be an "exchange aware" move, i dont want it repathing the datbase, plus using the database move command is not efficient for fast moving.
i simply want to pull the file off long enough so i can replace the disks, then put it back on.
i simply want to pull the file off long enough so i can replace the disks, then put it back on.
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