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Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:28 am Post subject:
Moving a partition with SYSVOL on it |
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I have a server with C: and D: partions on the same mirror set. Space was
getting tight, so I was doing to add a second mirror set, and move D: to
it. All pretty normal, right?
Had everything copied over and was checking the file/space discrepancy when
I realized it had SYSVOL at the root of D:, rather its usual %Systemroot%
home. SYSVOL uses an internal hard link, and I'm not sure what process
would let me properly move it to another physical hard drive.
It may be that I'll need to mirror D: to the new drive, break the mirror,
and then add the extra space as an extended dynamic partition. Either that
or really expensive server-grade 3rd party partion munging software. Doubt
I can do it with backup/restore. AFAIK, system state backup/restore would
be required, affecting both C: and D:.
Any ideas?
/kenw
Ken Wallewein
K&M Systems Integration
Phone (403)274-7848
Fax (403)275-4535
kenw@kmsi.net
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Todd J Heron
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:50 am Post subject:
Re: Moving a partition with SYSVOL on it |
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<kenw@kmsi.net> wrote in message...
| Quote: | Had everything copied over and was checking the file/space discrepancy when
I realized it had SYSVOL at the root of D:, rather its usual >%Systemroot%
home. SYSVOL uses an internal hard link, and I'm not sure what process
would let me properly move it to another >physical hard drive. <snipped
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AD will not start if you move SYSVOL in a way in which it is not aware of
the change.
Check this article out for insight.
How to rebuild the SYSVOL tree and its content in a domain
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315457
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Todd J Heron, MCSE
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject:
Re: Moving a partition with SYSVOL on it |
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"Todd J Heron" <todd_heron(delete)@hotmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | kenw@kmsi.net> wrote in message...
Had everything copied over and was checking the file/space discrepancy when
I realized it had SYSVOL at the root of D:, rather its usual >%Systemroot%
home. SYSVOL uses an internal hard link, and I'm not sure what process
would let me properly move it to another >physical hard drive. <snipped
AD will not start if you move SYSVOL in a way in which it is not aware of
the change.
Check this article out for insight.
How to rebuild the SYSVOL tree and its content in a domain
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315457
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Thanks for the response, Todd. Two problems with it:
1. The URL makes no reference to a situation where there is only one domain
controller, as would be common in small business configurations.
2. In an important sense, SYSVOL does not move at all. It stays on the
same drive letter. Only the partition location and size change.
So what I'd like to do is hide the movement process from AD. I was hoping
I could just copy it "live" with xcopy, then boot to safe mode to swap the
drive letters. Unfortunatly, it doesn't look like xcopy can make a proper
copy, because of the embedded hard link.
At this point, I'm thinking about third party software like Ghost or
Acronis.
/kenw
Ken Wallewein
K&M Systems Integration
Phone (403)274-7848
Fax (403)275-4535
kenw@kmsi.net
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