I migrated an IIS website I use for hosting files this week, and realised I’d forgotten how to relocate the wwwroot directory from it’s default install location on C:\inetpub\wwwroot.
Solution
Firstly, I’m assuming you have instilled the IIS role and you already have a wwwroot folder on your C: Drive, (in the above location). If so you can simply copy this folder to your new partition/drive (in my case the E: drive).
Open IIS Manager, Drill down to the Default Web Site > Manage Website > Advanced Settings > Physical Path > Change accordingly > OK.
You can now Stop and Restart the website from within IIS Manager, or run ‘iisreset‘ from command line.
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I like to keep ‘My Documents’, ‘My Pictures, ‘Favorites’, etc, in one location so I can sync and back them up. Like previous versions of Windows, Windows 8 likes to put all that information into C:/Users/{username}.
In Windows 7 you could just go from the Start Menu > {Username} and change the ‘Target’ or location, with Windows 8, there is no Start menu.
Solution
1. Launch Windows Explorer (Windows Key+E) > Navigate to C:\Users\{your-username}.
2. Locate the folder location you with to change > Right click > Properties.
3. Location tab > Change the location to the one you prefer > Apply.
Note: For Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, you will not see the ‘location’ option, you need to right click the folder under ‘This PC’, or from ‘Quick Access”.
4. Choose if you want to copy the docs from the existing location to the new location, I’ve just built this so I don’t want to, (if you have already saved work to these locations you might want to).
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Last week a client rang in to say their servers system drive was running out of room. A quick scan showed me the biggest thing on there was a 12 GB database called SUSDB.mdf.
A few searches told me what I’d already guessed from the name, WSUS was the offender, so I set about moving it to their data drive that had lots of free space.
Solution
1. Launch the Windows SBS Console > Backup and Server Storage > Server Storage > Move Windows Update Repository Data.
2. If you are using third party backup software you may see this warning > OK.
3. Locate the Drive you want to Migrate TO and select it > Next.
4. This will move a few GB of data across to the new location. However it does NOT move the database itself.
5. To actually move the Database > Start > All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2005 > SQL server Management Studio Express, (Note: You may need to run as administrator).
6. Change the server name to the following and log in.
[box].pipeMSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEEsqlquery[/box]
7. Expand Databases > Locate the SUSDB Database > Right Click > Detach.
8. Tick the “Drop Connections” box > OK.
9. I suggest you COPY the database from the system drive to the new drive.
10. Once its moved across, back in the SQL management studio > Right click Databases > attach.
11. Add.
12. Browse to the NEW location of the SUSDB.mdf file > OK.
13. OK.
14. Once the database is successfully added back in you can go back to the system drive and delete the original WSUS database.
15. When finished, it’s good practice to tidy up the database > From within the Window Server Update Services Console > Options > Server Cleanup Wizard.
16. Select All > Next > Prepare to wait A LONG TIME (this will probably take a few hours!)
17. When its finished you should see something like this.
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