Disk Space Low

[Brett_Emery]

While BackupExec for Windows Servers 9.1 is backing up our Exchange Mailboxes, the Drive C starts running low on disk space. Since the Exchange Store is on Drive D, why is drive C running low? BackupExec must be creating temporary files on drive C, how do we change this to drive D???

[Ken_Putnam]

This is on the media server, right? Is backupexec installed on that drive? Backupexec does create a lot of temp files

[Brett_Emery]

Yes, the media server is located on and dedicated to our Exchange 2003 server. Is there a way to adjust the temp directory?

[Ken_Putnam]

Well, you could set the TEMP environmental variable, you could move the \Catalogs dir ( see http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/264680.htm)
or you could move the entire install location see http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/260054.htm

[Brett_Emery]

Thanks for the information! Our catalogs are presently 1GB, do they tend to grow or shink in size during backups?

[Ken_Putnam]

Unless you have selected to trim catalogs, the \Catalogs directory will continue to grow as long as new tapes are added.

When BackupExec re-uses a tape, it should delete the old catalog file, so if you don't add new tapes, the directory should be fairly constant after a while.

In your case, sounds like moving the catalog directory would be the easiest, since it doesn't require a re-boot, just stopping/starting the BackupExec Services