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| Answer» <html><body><p>Hi, guys how are you doing? please i need your help with the following questions about AD restored files. <br/><br/>In my company the server that we have is "HP Proliant DL380" which is DHCP and it has two primary partition Drive ' C' capacity= 39.0GB, free space = 18.6GB. Drive 'D' capacity = 164GB, free space = 155GB. this partition was done by some one before i goined to the company. but if i were, at least i would chose drive 'D'. Right now what i am trying to say is, in this server we have SQL server 2005 is installed and applications such as VB6 windows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/application-25616" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APPLICATION">APPLICATION</a>, .NET windows application and Web Application are Running. ( softwares, for reception, Accounting, HR, cashier, Medical Record, department, SMS.....) and also Norton antivirus-Corparate edition. take a look for the following Active Directory is restored in C:\windows:\NTDS <br/><br/>1. ed0000D.log = 10,240kb <br/>2. edb.chk = 8kb <br/>3. edb.log = 10,240kb <br/>4 edbtemp.log = 2,048kb <br/>5. ntds.dit = 12,304kb <br/>6. res1.log = 10,240kb <br/>7. res2.log = 10,240kb <br/>8. temp.edb = 2,064kb <br/><br/>I have the following questions <br/><br/>1. Does AD restored in ntds.dit file only? What about the other files in there? What is the most important AD file need to take care? <br/>2. What capacity do I need for AD restored files? <br/>3. What should I do after the Drive "C" is full? Is it possible to transfer AD file in to Drive "D"? but in drive "D" also there are shared Applications and some files. <br/><br/> Please guys help me i have only 18GB <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/left-236578" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LEFT">LEFT</a> in Drive "C" <br/><br/> Thank you guys<br/> You could start by zeroing the log files...Since they're two different partitions, rather than two physical drives, you could use EASEUS to resize the partitions...of course it would have to be done after business hours... <br/><br/>I wouldn't mess <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/around-884554" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AROUND">AROUND</a> with changing Active Directory locations. You'll have a HUGE mess on your hands if things go wrong. Hello, guys how are you doing? <br/><br/> Rob Pomery says " You could start by zeroing the log files..." first of all i have no experience i mean i don't understand what youi are saying? could you please explain and how to do it?<br/><br/> Killerb255 says " Since they're two different partitions, rather than two physical drives, you could use EASEUS to resize the partitions...of course it would have to be done after business hours... " <br/> i have already downloded the software partition and tried in my standalone PC, i think it is fine. but before i jump to the server; i have questions about the Primary and logical Disks<br/> 1. as i said i was tried in my machine and selected one primary HHD which is 76gb and resized to 35gb buring this process, i found only two options i.e the primary and logical partition. So, i selected the Logical. is it correct? could you please expalin that indetail? how to do it? <br/> 2. after this partition, when my HDD "c" is full then do you think it will redirect to this Logical Drive automatically? or i have still another process to do it? <br/><br/> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thanks-665909" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THANKS">THANKS</a> guys and God bless you <br/>What Rob meant by zeroing the log files is to clear them out. Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/event-343411" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EVENT">EVENT</a> Viewer. Right-click on Application, left-click "Clear log files," when asked to save them, say Yes and save them somewhere, repeat for the Security and the System log files.<br/><br/>As for partitions, there are two kinds: a Primary Partition and an Extended Partition.<br/><br/>An extended partition can have 1-4 Logical Drives. In a nutshell, think of a "Logical Drive" as a partition-within-a-partition. Only Extended Partitions can have Logical Drives. Primary Partitions can't.<br/><br/>If your C partition gets full, the excess does NOT "spill" over to another partition. You'll have to resize the C partition then. <br/><br/>I'm 100% sure the C partition is the Primary Partition and the D partition is the Logical Drive in the Extended Partition. Why am I 100% sure? You can't boot Windows from an Extended Partition/Logical Drive. <br/><br/>Some other things you need to consider:<br/><br/>1) Are we dealing with a single drive or a RAID array? <br/>2) Are we dealing with Basic Disks or Dynamic Disks? (right-click My Computer -> Manage -> Disk Management -> right next to each drive letter it'll say either "Basic" or "Dynamic") Oh! i am so sorry, this is always what i am doing? i thought it was different and was just thinking about ntds files only. what i am doing is, every three days by accessing the event viewer and then i make clear(clean) an application files. but i don't save them. why i should save them? is there any problem with that?<br/><br/> 2nd thing, when i see the disk management says these two partitions drives are " Basic" <br/><br/><br/><br/> thanksQuote from: yonee on July 12, 2009, 11:15:26 AM</p><blockquote> Oh! i am so sorry, this is always what i am doing? i thought it was different and was just thinking about ntds files only.</blockquote><br/>Huh?? You lost me there.<br/><br/>The reason for clearing log files in the first place is to free up disk space. Your concern was the disk space on C, and clearing out your log files is one way to address this somewhat.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>what i am doing is, every three days by accessing the event viewer and then i make clear(clean) an application files. but i don't save them. why i should save them? is there any problem with that?</blockquote><br/>Yes and no. It depends on if something were to go wrong with the server, and you need to look back at those old event logs to find out what it was...<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>2nd thing, when i see the disk management says these two partitions drives are " Basic" </blockquote><br/>Good. Dynamic Disks are a pain for partitioning software to deal with. <br/><br/>You still didn't answer whether this server has only one drive or a RAID array. A single drive is not a good idea because if that drive dies and the last backup is not current, then you'll have MUCH bigger problems than just the amount of space the C partition has...<br/><br/>A RAID array can be set up in one of several ways, but I'll list three of the most common:<br/><br/>RAID0: Disk Striping. Two or more drives are involved. The data is written across all the drives evenly. However, if one drive dies, all the data is lost! NOT a good idea to use on a server without something else constantly backing up the array's data!<br/><br/>RAID1: Disk Mirroring. Two or more drives are involved. Each drive is an exact copy of the other. If one drive dies, the other drive still has a copy of all the data. Replace the dead drive with a new one and the new drive will be a copy as well.<br/><br/>RAID5: Disk Striping with Parity. Three or more drives are involved. The data is written across all the drives evenly, and contains information which can be used to rebuild if one drive were to go bad. Again, replacing the dead drive with new one will cause the information to be striped across it as well. However, more than one dead drive at the same time will probably ruin your day, as that means everything's most likely gone...<br/><br/>Of course there are nested RAID scenarios like RAID 10, RAID15, or RAID51, but from what you're telling us, I don't think your server has that many hard drives to support a nested RAID array.<br/> Hi, guys how are you doing? <br/><br/> i have tried what you saying but it doesn't support nested RAID array. <br/><br/><br/> thank you guysQuote from: yonee on July 11, 2009, 11:57:39 AM<blockquote>1. Does AD restored in ntds.dit file only? What about the other files in there? What is the most important AD file need to take care? <br/>2. What capacity do I need for AD restored files? <br/>3. What should I do after the Drive "C" is full? Is it possible to transfer AD file in to Drive "D"? but in drive "D" also there are shared Applications and some files. <br/><br/> Please guys help me i have only 18GB left in Drive "C" <br/><br/> Thank you guys<br/></blockquote><br/>the size of the ad restored files are too small to worry about and would be pointless to move.<br/>Why are you worried about only having 18gb of free space on your C drive? How quickly is it filling up? Where is your SQL server saving its data (C or D drive)? Where do you store your web apps?</body></html> | |