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04-18-2016 06:28 AM
04-18-2016 06:28 AM
Hi everyone,
It's possible to add a physical disk in a virtual pool?
This is my scenario:
SAN HP MSA 2040
Controller A:
- virtual pool : vDisk1
- RAID 5: 5 disks SAS 600GB per disk, total size 2395 GB
Controller B:
- virtual pool: vDisk2
- RAID 5: 6 disks SAS 600GB per disk, total size 2995 GB
Now I want expand the physical disk in vDisk1 and vDisk2, but the option modify groups disk is greyed, bacause I can modify only linear disk type.
How I can add a physical disk?
Thank you
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04-18-2016 12:26 PM
04-18-2016 12:26 PM
SolutionHi
You can only add a virtual disk group to a virtual pool
that is you need to create a new virtual disk group (Raid-1,Raid-5 etc) preferebly the same raid as the first vitual disk group
and it will be added to the virtual pool you want.
only if you create linear disk group than you can add one disk up to 16 disks depending on the raid level
Regards
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04-19-2016 12:15 AM - edited 04-19-2016 12:15 AM
04-19-2016 12:15 AM - edited 04-19-2016 12:15 AM
Re: MSA 2040 adding physical disk in virtual pool
Thank you Giladzzz,
your answer is very helpful!
Best Regards