Aaron Newton's questions

I'm running a MSMQ 5.0 instance on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 that uses positive source journaling. My goal is to set the MSMQ journal path to its own dedicated folder on a new partition.

So far I have successfully followed the guide below - which explains how to set a new path for the message files folder, transaction logger folder and message log folder: Changing the MSMQ Storage location

To summarise the steps I performed:

1. Navigated to Storage tab, in Computer Management, Services and Applications, Message Queuing properties.
2. Set the new paths under the appropriate headings for Message files folder, Message logger folder and Transaction logger folder
3. Clicked Apply

The problem is that the journal appears to be stored in the same location as the message files folder; whereas I want the journal in a dedicated folder on a new partition. I can't see any option to do this.

I also tried changing the StoreJournalPath registry value on a test server under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Parameters to the value for the new path. I couldn't see a build up of files for the new path after restarting the test server and sending several messages to the journal.

Has anyone managed to do this before?

I have a fairly ancient Fedora server which I have inherited from another company. I only have access to the server VIA SSH. Here are some details of the server:

Linux REMOVED 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 #1 Tue Feb 7 13:37:42 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz) LSB_VERSION="1.3"(Stentz) LSB_VERSION="1.3"

I need to get a couple of GB of files off of this server with permissions preserved. The problem is that the server is almost at capacity. When I try to make a .tgz file, the space used fills the server to 100% capacity. There are live websites running off this server, so simply deleting the files to make room is not an option.

Is there a simple way to transfer these files from the server to another location as a .tgz file, but in such a way that I don't need to consume my local hard-drive resources?

I have considered rsync, but I want to make a copy with permissions preserved for backup purposes on my development box (Windows 7), so from my perspective creating a .tgz file is preferable. Does anyone have any experience in a similar situation?