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02-22-2016 08:30 AM
02-22-2016 08:30 AM
Does anyone know if it's at all possible to use a Nimble volume to mirror an existing Windows drive, specifically on 2008 R2?
Even if I create a Nimble volume with 8192 block size, Windows complains about wrong block size and it still shows up on the 2008R2 server as 4096.
Thanks,
MattF
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02-22-2016 11:30 AM
02-22-2016 11:30 AM
Re: Drive mirroring with a Nimble volume?
Hi Matt. That sounds like you're not setting the NTFS Allocation Unit Size correctly more than anything else?
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02-25-2016 08:35 AM
02-25-2016 08:35 AM
SolutionI agree with Nick there.
Online the Nimble disk, format it with 8K allocation, then add it as a mirror to the original windows disk and let it sync up. It sounds like you might be just skipping a step.
I don't think you need Dynamic disks for this unless you are doing something more...
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03-08-2016 06:34 AM
03-08-2016 06:34 AM
Re: Drive mirroring with a Nimble volume?
We ended up not going this route anyway, so not sure what the problem was, but thank you Nick and Paul for your replies. I appreciate your feedback and guidance.