PWT24
Sat May 10 09:20:01 PDT 2008
Thanks Larry. I see what you are saying and it makes great sense. Only
reason I decided not to use the 80's for the OS is that they are 3 years old.
I did not want to increase the risk of failures since they were buying new
drives anyway.
I should finally mention that the SBS is now being backed up to 750GB
External drives.
"Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
> You did good. I would probably have used the existing 80's in RAID1 for the
> OS, and added the new drives in RAID1 for the data, partitioning them any
> way you wanted.
>
> I feel that this will allow me to loose one drive in either set without
> jeopardizing the other. It also allows for removing one OS drive for any
> serious changes without affecting the redundancy of the data, and if I ever
> needed to go to a different RAID config, say RAID5 for the DATA, I don't
> have to worry about backing up and restoring the OS again.
>
> --
> Larry
> Please post the resolution to your
> issue so that others may benefit.
>
>
> "PWT24" <PWT24@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A6672B76-5958-47C7-9714-9720986C1305@microsoft.com...
> >I had your EXACT concerns 2 weeks ago when I needed to upgrade an SBS box
> > with 4 - 80GB Hard drives, 2 on RAID 1 and 2 used for backups. The RAID 1
> > drives were full so I did a lot of reading in this group as well as
> > posting.
> > In fact I have not had time to post the results but thought I better when
> > I
> > saw your concerns. Please note that this worked only by using the same
> > OS!!
> > Here is what I did including some house keeping:
> >
> > - Backup your system (preferrably to an external Hard Drive) using
> > ntbackup
> > and be sure to capture the system state but NOT the exchange folders.
> > (exchange folders will be restored during the restore)
> >
> > - To be safe, I then stopped all exchange services (know which one's you
> > stop) and manually backed up the exchange folders to the same external
> > hard
> > drive.
> >
> > - Restart the services (I don't know if that is necessary but I felt
> > better)
> >
> > - For piece of mind I also made local copies of all Outlook .ost files
> > (exported as .pst locally of course)
> >
> > - Make sure you have documented the Server Name, FQD, Domain, Web
> > Certificate, IP Addresses (LAN & WAN), Gateway, Router IP, DNS, Current
> > Drive
> > Letters, Drive Names and Sizes. (Letters and Names should be the same but
> > as
> > the saying goes "size does not matter" just don't create smaller drive
> > sizes
> > than what you have now. Also note the Service Pack installed.
> >
> > - Be sure (if possible) to know and save a copy of the RAID settings
> >
> > - Have ALL Motherboard Drivers on CD or something.
> >
> > - For me I replaced the 80GB drives on the RAID with 500GB drives so this
> > step is dependant on your situation;
> > - Removed ALL drives and replaced ONLY the RAID drives (for now) with new
> > larger drives.
> >
> > - Shut down and boot to your SBS CD or DVD
> >
> > - Enter into your RAID config and load saved config or manually configure
> > RAID according to your notes.
> >
> > - Reboot System pressing F6 when prompted for additional drive setup
> >
> > - The press "S" when prompted and load floppy as directed
> >
> > - Continue with install
> >
> > - Partition Drives as needed. I know there are a million thoughts on
> > partition sizes but based on my readings and others feedback I decided to
> > go
> > with the following;
> > C: 100GB (OS and page file)
> > D: 150GB (Data, Exchange & logs)
> > F: 250GB (Users data)
> > - I know, I know the C: drive does not need to be that large but I am
> > tired
> > of moving crap off the C: drive because it fills up. Yes it does fill
> > up!!
> > It does too! :)
> >
> > - Continue installing SBS
> >
> > - Upon reboot, make sure there are no floppies in the drive (RAID config
> > maybe?)
> >
> > - Set up begins...
> >
> > - STOP....DO NOT FINISH SET UP USING THE TO DO LIST!!!
> >
> > - Install MOBO drivers
> >
> > - Install necessary Service Packs to get you to the version you had when
> > backup took place. Just be sure you have at LEAST the level you had. It
> > is
> > okay to have a higher version just not lower.
> >
> > - Format additional partitions D: E: etc. (using disk management)
> >
> > - Shut down and install any additional drives needed. Be sure to format
> > them after you get back into OS.
> >
> > - Now you are almost there! Now just follow this restore doc...
> >
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServerSolutions/SBS/en/library/f6d5c71a-6eb8-43fe-aa86-327166ef3e901033.mspx?mfr=true
> >
> > -That is all I did and the server is working great!
> >
> > - Total time once I had a good backup about 5 hours.
> >
> > Hope that was all helpful.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> >
> > "Roveer" wrote:
> >
> >> Wow!!! Sounds like this is less of a hastle that I thought.
> >>
> >> Here's the question I really want to know.
> >>
> >> I built my server using pre sp1 install media (the old stuff) and then
> >> installed SP1 with a slew of other updates.
> >>
> >> If I find myself in a Disaster situation and need to re-install/
> >> restore can I use the later CD which I believe included SP1? This
> >> would mean I would just need to run the install, stop before building
> >> domains etc, run backup and restore? Is it possible that it could be
> >> that simple?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Roveer
> >>
>