topic installing new drives ( x2 ) in Disk Enclosures

installing new drives ( x2 )

Taner_1 — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 03:31:47 GMT

im using a ml370 server it as 2x 18.6 scsi ultra3 drives running raid1+0 . i bought 2x72gb u320 discs so i want to use them as raid 1+0 too. i mounted new discs to 3rd and 4th ports. bios recognized it well and in compaq configuration migration gone well so i can see them as :
ARRAY A
|_____ 17359 MB, Raid 1+0, Logical Drive1

ARRAY B
|_____ 69459 MB, Raid 1+0, Logical Drive2

seems ok.. the problem is what to do next to use my new discs as one? in computer management i tried to create partition ok it makes it but i cant still use them as a disc ?? ( cant see a new disc in "my computer")

Re: installing new drives ( x2 )

Uwe Zessin — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:20:59 GMT

It sounds like you want to create what is sometimes called a 'volume set', but I cannot tell you if this is possible/ a good idea if you boot from logical drive 1.

Re: installing new drives ( x2 )

Taner_1 — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:31:07 GMT

the situation is , i only want to use them as new disc.. just when i click on my computer i want to see a new volume. thats it. so how to :( ?

Re: installing new drives ( x2 )

Uwe Zessin — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:35:03 GMT

So you have the problem that no drive letter is assigned to logical drive 2? Are you running Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition? Have you tried to manually assign a drive letter?

Re: installing new drives ( x2 )

Taner_1 — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:53:09 GMT

hi. i am running windows 2000 Server. Now i can see the volume in Disk management.I created a primary partition and formatted this drive.i assigned as (H: ).. but still no volume in "my computer".. ( so do i have to reboot , cause so many clients works on it.)

Re: installing new drives ( x2 )

Uwe Zessin — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:01:42 GMT

Did you try it from the local login or via a remote (terminal server) connection? If the second, try to login again.

Re: installing new drives ( x2 )

Taner_1 — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:19:23 GMT

Bingo ! what you say is wright.. i already made it right but didnt log-out :) . i log-off and log-in then i see new volume is working completely.. thank you very much..!

Re: installing new drives ( x2 )

Uwe Zessin — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:22:37 GMT

Sigh, yes, that is one of the problems with the terminal services :-(
Glad you got it working, though!