topic Re: ML 110 G3 Expand Array in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

ML 110 G3 Expand Array

Andre Southgate — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:17:55 GMT

Hi There!

I have a client with a ML110 G3 which originally had 2 x 80GB Sata drives which were in a mirror. I replaced those drives today with 2 x 150GB drives and though the system rebuilt them fine, now whilst it shows the drives as 2 x 150gb, the array is still 74GB and I cannot see a way to expand to the full capacity or create a new volume with the spare space. What am I doing wrong? I have Storage Manager 5.01 from the HP Website.

Windows 2003 fully patched

Re: ML 110 G3 Expand Array

TTr — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:12:19 GMT

You did nothing wrong. This is the first step on the process and it worked fine. Now you have to expand the existing logical drive or create a new one.
> Storage Manager 5.01
Are you logged in as the administrator (windows) or root (Linux)?

Re: ML 110 G3 Expand Array

Andre Southgate — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:16:01 GMT

Hi There!

Yes in as administrator to the 2003 Server
The problem comes abouth that there is no expand option anywhere in storage manager.

Re: ML 110 G3 Expand Array

u84823 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:46:56 GMT

It may be better to stick with the 2x 80GB and add the 2x 160GB disks as a second mirrored volume.

Re: ML 110 G3 Expand Array

TTr — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:56:10 GMT

It is not clear if the embedded SATA has the array capacitiy expansion feature. Most likely it does not. So you may have to create a new logical disk to use the extra space. Within Storage manager, first right-click on the existing device to see if it has the expansion option. Otherwise right click on the controller to create a new logical device.