ZBon42 <nlx.bay@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lesson learned. I apologise, you guys are right, I should have
> described my environment better....much better.
>
> Real quick because I'm on borrowed time right now.
>
> It's a Terminal Server in a Domain. I set up roaming profiles via
> Active Directory but the local profile that is used in case the
> server share with the roaming profiles is not available is located on
> the boot drive and that is now really low on space. So moving the
> local profiles to a different local drive would be ideal and I would
> probably still maintain the roaming profiles on a different server
> via a share.
> So I'm stuck on the best way to do this...please help.
I agree with Pegasus; don't muck around with the shell folder paths. A few
thoughts -
1) Keep the system volume/partition for OS and server apps *only* - no user
data.
2) Don't store *any* user profiles or data on your TS box. Your TS box
should be just a big fat shared workstation which you can
reboot/rebuild/restore without worrying about lost data.
3) If you have roaming profile paths specified in ADUC, do not use them for
TS. Set *different* TS profile paths for each user in ADUC, or you will run
into problems.
4) Use folder redirection via Group Policy - for My Documents, Application
Data, and Desktop - to another file server on your domain. Your profiles
(both TS and roaming) should really be miniscule. You might also consider
removing the locally cached profiles via group policy (or periodically run
DELPROF to keep it clean of old/unused cached profiles).
5) Try posting in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services for more help
(with perhaps a crosspost to m.p.windows.group_policy)....I believe you're
going to want to use "loopback processing."
HTH.
>
> -mike
>
> "Jeremy" <jeremy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CCBDD629-EF87-4997-B2AA-4B5749615AFF@microsoft.com...
>> Yes I wish people would make posts that read:
>>
>> I've got this environment, this is the problem, this is what I have
>> tried and I learned this extra fact but am stuck. Help me.
>>
>> I've moved the profiles using the method I described in my post, its
>> pretty safe.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jeremy.
>>
>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
>> news:u7BwowO0HHA.5476@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> I love these posts where we get the opportunity to play
>>> guessing games and where the essential facts are only
>>> gradually revealed . . .
>>>
>>> Moving the user profiles to a different drive is a highly
>>> intrusive change that is likely to have serious repercussions.
>>> If this was my machine then I would do this instead:
>>> - Move "My Documents" to a different drive for each
>>> user.
>>> - Create a new "Default User" profile in which "My Documents"
>>> is located on a drive other than the system drive.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Jeremy" <jeremy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4D565059-3755-409B-9558-AB286234FBE8@microsoft.com...
>>>> Unless its a terminal server.... Then there is a lot of space in
>>>> user profiles.
>>>>
>>>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:uRF1FxJ0HHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>> "ZBon42" <nlx.bay@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:u6QtKHJ0HHA.3564@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> My Windows Server 2003 boot drive is filling up and reporting
>>>>>> low disk space.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I need to move the User Profiles folders to another partition. What
>>>>>> is the best way to do this? I assume I should change the
>>>>>> %USERPROFILE% system variable but I don't know how to do this...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The environmental variable %UserProfile% reflects the registry
>>>>> setting for the current user profile folder. Changing this
>>>>> variable (as suggested by your Subject line) won't do any good.
>>>>> In fact moving all user profiles to a different drive would most
>>>>> likely be futile: On a server they contain only the
>>>>> adminstrators' profiles, and they should consume very little disk
>>>>> space. The normal way to free up space on your server's system drive
>>>>> is to move your users' home shares and the various other shares
>>>>> to a different drive. You should reserve the system drive for
>>>>> Windows and for your applications.