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Moving Exchange 2000 files

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by jspaz

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I am running SBS 2000. Currently my exchange database is 7.5 GB and resides on a 9 GB logical drive. I have a spare 18 GB drive in the same machine. Can I just copy the Exchange programs and files to the new drive and use disk administrator to rename the drive letter on the spare drive to that of the original exchange drive? Is there any risk in doing this?

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by rindi1

I'd leave System as it is, add the new drive, partition and format it, assign it a new drive letter. Now open your exchange system manager, navigate to the "First Storage Group", right-click it and select "properties". You now get the paths to the exchange system location. Click on "Browse". Now you can create the directories you want on the new drive and exchange will then dismount and move the data to the new drive. After that the storage group gets mounted again and exchange should be running again. The transaction log i'd leave on the old partition, it gives you a way to restore data if your new drive fails, and now you should also have plenty of room on your old partition to hold the transaction logs.

The risk in using the above procedure is minimal, but as always, still make a good backup before you start.

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