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2008 Server C drive is almost full. Have deleted everything possible
One of our 2008 servers was incorrectly used by the previous IT organization here. It is an APP server and hosts the servers for MIP, Patient Tools, Therascribe, and Symantec Endpoint Security. It has an available but un-partitioned 357 GB. On the volume there is 118 mb. I have moved the swap file and removed everything else that is not critical.
MIP, Patient Tools, and Therascribe still work, but Symantec will not connect to the db, hence it will not start.
I have Acronis Disk Director Server, but there is not enough space to install it. I have been thinking of moving Symantec, but can't find any method of doing it that doesn't involve starting the app, which I can't do. Does anyone know how hard it would be to just re-install it on another server and attach the clients that are already part of it's database? I also can't back up the DB because it has no place to go. But, I might be able to get a copy of it.
MIP, Patient Tools, and Therascribe still work, but Symantec will not connect to the db, hence it will not start.
I have Acronis Disk Director Server, but there is not enough space to install it. I have been thinking of moving Symantec, but can't find any method of doing it that doesn't involve starting the app, which I can't do. Does anyone know how hard it would be to just re-install it on another server and attach the clients that are already part of it's database? I also can't back up the DB because it has no place to go. But, I might be able to get a copy of it.
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I think you have a very good idea. In fact, that's how I proposed the design to begin with, but it was rejected by management. There was a few months where they had switched to another consultant and it was done this way. Since they brought me back, I find lots of problems that they left.
I must have been unclear before, but the sql servers are on a separate partition
I must have been unclear before, but the sql servers are on a separate partition
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The responses that I indicated as accepted were each part of what led me to the action I took to resolve the issue. I actually temporarily moved the whole Symantec installation to another server. There had been vendors working on our equipment that had stashed things on the C drive for their own use. And, the logs were all getting dumped to the C drive. So, when I moved the Symantec off, the files were about one half of the files on the drive and gave me the space I needed to allow things to run. Both answers led me in that direction, so I shared the points. Thanks
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