Help! Low Space on boot/system partition

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Need help, please.   Running low on space on boot/system partition C:, no particular issues, but is getting me nervous.   Dell Server PE 600SC Small Business Server 2000, Raid 5, 4 -34 gig SCSI drives. C: 12 gig on system boot partition, 600 meg available D: 89 gig, 73 gig available  Inherited this server for service, Exchange is on C drive and other shared data is on the D drive which include Company Shared folders and User shared folders.   Is there some built-in Dell Software that can help me with this or do I need to go third party software, or do I need to start over?   I am looking to find a solution to the Low Space Issue, if any additional information is needed on system please let me know and I will post.   Thanks in advance..   Rodrigg

warwizard55 · Answer

Hi Rodrigg,    No, Dell does not have a repartioning utility that they support using. They'll tell you to backup your server, create a system restore disk and all that before trying anything.  I assume you've run disk cleanup and such. Try moving your page file to the D: drive. delete temp internet files, empty the trash, and all that kind of stuff. Once you've done that, if you still feel like a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, you can attempt the 3rd party tools, but make sure you have the maintence window available to rebuild the server should the repartitioning tool render the server unusable. You could even deploy a backup unit while performing the maintence on this system.   warwizard DCSP

hddcrasher · Answer

You say you have Exchange on this server on C: drive. This is where you can recover some space. you can use Exchange utilities to move certain features to d: drive. I suspect this is what is eating your c drive space. If you need help on the exchange side try the following forum: MSExchange.org

rodrigg · Answer

Thanks for the responses, Here is an update.. I have done disk cleanup and such. In my research I found that Veritas 8.6 activity log files are stored in the c drive by default and If the activity monitor tab in the application does not get cleaned up from old backups these logs can get very large, the path for these logs are: C:\program files\veritas
t\data\ the bex#.txt files are the files that I am talking about, the files are removed automatically when you delete entry's in the activity monitor tab in the application. I will research the exchange move recommendation at the web site recommended. I had logs also in exchange that were 5 meg each, but were being flushed out after full backup procedure as they suppose to do. Has any one tried any particular third party application that will expand the c drive partition in a raid configuration environment I have previously mentioned? Once again thanks for the responses. Rodrigg

Rearview1 · Answer

As far as Exchange goes, you can move the actual mailbox store(s) to the d: drive using exchange tools.  You can also move the logfiles.  These are two separate options.  Your mailbox store might be eating up several gigs of space on the c: drive that could (and probably should) be on the d: drive.

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Help! Low Space on boot/system partition

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