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тАО01-31-2006 03:49 AM
тАО01-31-2006 03:49 AM
Is this possible without reinstalling the OS? Can anyone point me in the right direction as far as taking on this task if it is possible?
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тАО01-31-2006 05:43 AM
тАО01-31-2006 05:43 AM
Re: DL380 Raid 1 to Raid5
What kind of RAID solution is being used?
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тАО01-31-2006 07:39 AM
тАО01-31-2006 07:39 AM
Re: DL380 Raid 1 to Raid5
Also, what OS are you running? Since this is a DL380, I can assume Windows, but there are other possibilities.
Assuming you are running Windows and you have a Smart Array Controller hosting the disk Array with a RAID1 Logical Drive, is all your space allocated to the "C:" drive?
Are you looking to increase your OS/Boot Partition or your Data Partition (if you have one)?
Steven
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тАО01-31-2006 07:48 AM
тАО01-31-2006 07:48 AM
Re: DL380 Raid 1 to Raid5
I am running Windows Server 2003 on the DL380. I have 2 partitions, one for the OS and of course one for our data. I would like to extend both if possible, but if not, just the data partition for sure...
Thanks for the help!
Ben Knight
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тАО01-31-2006 09:03 AM
тАО01-31-2006 09:03 AM
Re: DL380 Raid 1 to Raid5
IF you have have 2 logical drives configured, 1 logical drive for your OS and 1 Logical drive for your Data, then it is relatively easy to increase the data space. The OS on the other hand is a bit more involved.
Logical Drives are NOT to be confused with Disk Partitions. If you have 1 Logical Drive with 2 Disk Partitions, then your task at hand is a bit harder. Logical drives are defined using the Array Configuration Utility, or the RAID manager of the particular card you may be using for hardware RAID. Most likely a Smart Array 6i Controller, which uses the ACU to configure. Disk Partitions are configured at the OS level, in Disk Management for Windows type OS's.
Can you tell us which you have? 2 Logical Drives? or 1 Logical Drive with 2 Partitions?
If you have 2 logical drives, expanding the data drive is easy and requires all the built in tools. ACU and Diskpart.exe. Basically, you just add the drives to the Server and use the ACU to Expand the existing array. You then extend the existing logical drives by the amount of space you want (what is freely available) and/or migrate it to RAID5 at that time. Once the Controller is finished, you use diskpart within Windows to extend the disk partition of your data drive. All this can be done while the server is online and servicing clients. Minimal interruption.
Diskpart will ONLY work on a partition where the logical drive does NOT contain an OS/Boot partition.
Click here for more details on diskpart.exe...
" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590/en-us "
and here...
" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841650/en-us "
and here...
" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304736/en-us " (For clustered servers)
Steven
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тАО01-31-2006 09:05 AM
тАО01-31-2006 09:05 AM
Re: DL380 Raid 1 to Raid5
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тАО02-01-2006 01:07 AM
тАО02-01-2006 01:07 AM
Re: DL380 Raid 1 to Raid5
Thanks again!
Ben Knight
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тАО02-01-2006 01:45 AM
тАО02-01-2006 01:45 AM
Solution1. Add the drives and create a new logical drive for yoru data. Move the data over to the new logical drive and then you will hve free space on the same logical drive to extend your OS/Boot partition using some other 3rd party software.
2. Ghost/Image your OS and backup your data, recreate the array with 2 logical drives and restore the image and data.
If you look and find a product for manupulating the partitions, please let us know what you use. Of the products I have looked at so far, none support Windows Server editions.
Steven
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тАО02-01-2006 02:01 AM
тАО02-01-2006 02:01 AM
Re: DL380 Raid 1 to Raid5
Let me ask one last question if I may. If I go with option #1 of adding the drives, creating a new logical drive, and moving all my data over, I would in essence be leaving my current logical drive alone running Raid 1, right? So then I could setup raid 1 on the new drives or if I wanted to go with 3 or more drives, I could do raid 5.
So again, I would have 2 drives doing raid 1 and the 3+ drives doing raid 5?
Thanks!
Ben
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тАО02-01-2006 02:21 AM
тАО02-01-2006 02:21 AM
Re: DL380 Raid 1 to Raid5
These would be totally separate from the 2 other drives.
My suggestion would then be to get a fourth drive to allocate as a global hot spare drive for BOTH arrays, just for extra protection.
You can still move the data from the second partition to the new logical drive and try an manipulate the "C:" drive with other software. Just make sure you have a good backup.
Steven
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