microsoft.public.exchange2000.admin - Moving the Information Stores

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Moving the Information Stores

Kathy Le Cloux

2002-07-30, 3:25 pm

I want to move our Private and Public Info. Stores and
logs from the E-Mail Server to our SAN so that we can have
more disk space available. I think I know how to move the
stores and logs (change their locations in the Exchange
System Manager), but I was wondering how much downtime I
can anticipate. About how long would it take to move a 35
Gig. Information Store? It it takes awhile to move it in
this method, is it possible to back up the store to tape
and restore it to the new location on the san and then
change the location in the Exchange System Manager? I'm
looking for the quickest and cleanest way to do this.
Thanks for any suggestions!

Dave Howe [MS]

2002-07-30, 5:25 pm

You might consider do something like this, rather than messing around in the
registry...

1) Back up the IS
2) Restore to a temporary location on the SAN (like J:\temp)
3) Stop the Information Store Service
4) Rename the MDBDATA folder that holds your databases to MDBDATA.OLD
5) Create a new MDBDATA folder in the same location
6) Restart the Information Store Service and mount new databases
7) Move them in the Exchange System Manager (including the log file
location)
8) After the new databases have been moved, again stop the Information Store
Service
9) Rename the MDBDATA folder on the SAN to MDBDATA.NEW
10) Create a new MDBDATA folder on the SAN
11) Move the databases from the temp folder on the SAN to the new MDBDATA
folder on the SAN
12) Start the Information Store Service again and mount the original
databases from the SAN

Downtime would be minimal... say 10-15 minutes max?

--
Dave Howe
Microsoft PSS

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Kathy Le Cloux" <kleclou@wpsenergy.com> wrote in message
news:2b1201c2380e$3172cd20$a5e
62ecf@tkmsftngxa07...
> I want to move our Private and Public Info. Stores and
> logs from the E-Mail Server to our SAN so that we can have
> more disk space available. I think I know how to move the
> stores and logs (change their locations in the Exchange
> System Manager), but I was wondering how much downtime I
> can anticipate. About how long would it take to move a 35
> Gig. Information Store? It it takes awhile to move it in
> this method, is it possible to back up the store to tape
> and restore it to the new location on the san and then
> change the location in the Exchange System Manager? I'm
> looking for the quickest and cleanest way to do this.
> Thanks for any suggestions!

Kathy Le Cloux

2002-07-31, 9:25 am

I assume that I can do the backup and restore early in the
day (Steps 1 and 2) and the "changing" of the database/log
location (Steps 3 through 12) later in the day or will
that cause me to lose changes to the database made during
the day? Or will the log files "restore" changes to the
database made during the day?

>-----Original Message-----
>You might consider do something like this, rather than
messing around in the
>registry...
>
>1) Back up the IS
>2) Restore to a temporary location on the SAN (like
J:\temp)
>3) Stop the Information Store Service
>4) Rename the MDBDATA folder that holds your databases to
MDBDATA.OLD
>5) Create a new MDBDATA folder in the same location
>6) Restart the Information Store Service and mount new
databases
>7) Move them in the Exchange System Manager (including
the log file
>location)
>8) After the new databases have been moved, again stop
the Information Store
>Service
>9) Rename the MDBDATA folder on the SAN to MDBDATA.NEW
>10) Create a new MDBDATA folder on the SAN
>11) Move the databases from the temp folder on the SAN to
the new MDBDATA
>folder on the SAN
>12) Start the Information Store Service again and mount
the original
>databases from the SAN
>
>Downtime would be minimal... say 10-15 minutes max?
>
>--
>Dave Howe
>Microsoft PSS
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>"Kathy Le Cloux" <kleclou@wpsenergy.com> wrote in message
> news:2b1201c2380e$3172cd20$a5e
62ecf@tkmsftngxa07...
>> I want to move our Private and Public Info. Stores and
>> logs from the E-Mail Server to our SAN so that we can
have
>> more disk space available. I think I know how to move
the
>> stores and logs (change their locations in the Exchange
>> System Manager), but I was wondering how much downtime I
>> can anticipate. About how long would it take to move a
35
>> Gig. Information Store? It it takes awhile to move it
in
>> this method, is it possible to back up the store to tape
>> and restore it to the new location on the san and then
>> change the location in the Exchange System Manager? I'm
>> looking for the quickest and cleanest way to do this.
>> Thanks for any suggestions!
>
>
>.
>

Kathy Le Cloux

2002-07-31, 12:25 pm

One more question related to the question below. If I do
a backup, I assume I should let the backup delete the
logs?
>-----Original Message-----
>I assume that I can do the backup and restore early in
the
>day (Steps 1 and 2) and the "changing" of the
database/log
>location (Steps 3 through 12) later in the day or will
>that cause me to lose changes to the database made during
>the day? Or will the log files "restore" changes to the
>database made during the day?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You might consider do something like this, rather than
>messing around in the
>>registry...
>>
>>1) Back up the IS
>>2) Restore to a temporary location on the SAN (like
>J:\temp)
>>3) Stop the Information Store Service
>>4) Rename the MDBDATA folder that holds your databases
to
>MDBDATA.OLD
>>5) Create a new MDBDATA folder in the same location
>>6) Restart the Information Store Service and mount new
>databases
>>7) Move them in the Exchange System Manager (including
>the log file
>>location)
>>8) After the new databases have been moved, again stop
>the Information Store
>>Service
>>9) Rename the MDBDATA folder on the SAN to MDBDATA.NEW
>>10) Create a new MDBDATA folder on the SAN
>>11) Move the databases from the temp folder on the SAN
to
>the new MDBDATA
>>folder on the SAN
>>12) Start the Information Store Service again and mount
>the original
>>databases from the SAN
>>
>>Downtime would be minimal... say 10-15 minutes max?
>>
>>--
>>Dave Howe
>>Microsoft PSS
>>
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>confers no rights.
>>
>>"Kathy Le Cloux" <kleclou@wpsenergy.com> wrote in message
>> news:2b1201c2380e$3172cd20$a5e
62ecf@tkmsftngxa07...
>>> I want to move our Private and Public Info. Stores and
>>> logs from the E-Mail Server to our SAN so that we can
> have
>>> more disk space available. I think I know how to move
> the
>>> stores and logs (change their locations in the Exchange
>>> System Manager), but I was wondering how much downtime
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Kathy Le Cloux

2002-07-31, 12:25 pm

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