Try looking at it this way. From now on, pretend that the M drive does not exist. That's right. Don't even look at it. Why? Because it doesn't contain anything that you need to look at right now. If you want to know where your databases are, you find out where they are in Exchange System Manager. It isn't going to lie to you and tell you they are on E: when they are actually on D: now is it? I don't think so. Heck, you can even open up explorer and browse your Physical drives (again, pretending M isn't there) and look at where the databases are located if you feel that is necessary. As others have said, the M drive is a actual representation of the database. It contains a folder for each user because, well, each user has a mailbox. If you were to drill down into your mailbox, you would see and Inbox, Sent Items, etc. underneath that, and they would have mail items in them. But remember, the M drive doesn't exist. It will make things easier for you.
Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: John Q [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 6:25 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: E2K M Drive (moving it) Ohhh I think this is good news . . . I'm not worried about how much space is represented by the M: drive I am worried that the data that is represented by the M: drive, which is a folder named by the domain of the Exchange server and then inside that each user has a folder, will grow bigger than what is allocated on D: The D: drive has limited space. E: is where the STM and EDB files are located. What type of data/ info is stored in the M:\domainname.com\username directories and why can I not access it using a file manager, i.e. explorer? Thanks again, Tom! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Meunier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 4:15 PM Subject: RE: E2K M Drive (moving it) No it doesn't. The M: drive represents whatever drive the STM and EDB files are stored on. Don't worry about what M: is reporting as its fullness or emptiness. It has many service packs to go before it can comprehend that kind of zen. If you're worried about how much room your D: drive has open, go look at your D: drive. > -----Original Message----- > From: John Q [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Posted At: Monday, November 19, 2001 04:22 PM > Posted To: MSExchange Mailing List > Conversation: E2K M Drive (moving it) > Subject: Re: E2K M Drive (moving it) > > > O.K. I understand that the "M: drive" is a virtual directory, > but when I > look at the available space on the M: drive it matches the > space of another > drive, in this example M: = D: how do I change that, I have moved the > Exchange DB and streaming DB, but the M: drive still > represents the D: drive > and not the E: drive where I moved the DB to. > > Thanks for the help. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Meunier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 1:30 PM > Subject: RE: E2K M Drive (moving it) > > > You don't move the M: drive. You move the databases. The > "M: drive" is > a virtual directory. Your E2k databases can be spread across multiple > drives, and M: is still an amalgamation of them. > > To move the actual data, you right-click on the mailbox store you want > to move, in Exchange System Manager, and choose its properties. Click > the "database" tag and tell it where you want the Exchange DB and > streaming DB moved. It'll dismount, move, and remount. You can also > move the logs by doing the same on the storage group object. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Q [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Posted At: Monday, November 19, 2001 02:14 PM > > Posted To: MSExchange Mailing List > > Conversation: E2K M Drive (moving it) > > Subject: Re: E2K M Drive (moving it) > > > > > > How do you move the data that is located in the M: drive to a > > nother drive. > > I want to move the mailbox data to aonther SCSI drive, I know > > how to move > > the database what do you use to move the mailboxes in Xchange 2K ? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "WebMeister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 8:18 PM > > Subject: E2K M Drive > > > > > > Has anyone actually shared this and given their users > access to this? > > Have you seen any real benefits? I have not done so > because it looks > > like it will be more of a trouble than a benefit. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
