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тАО04-11-2010 08:12 AM
тАО04-11-2010 08:12 AM
MSA60 storage array
I also tried expanding the array and after the transformation was completed at 100 percents nothing happened, restarted the server but not the storage array and still the same, was told I need to do some command to activated it in windows since the transformation is ready as I was using the HP storage array utils in windows to this. Do I need to change it to dynamic disc since it is simple disc.
Any ideas?
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тАО04-11-2010 09:13 AM
тАО04-11-2010 09:13 AM
Re: MSA60 storage array
Now that you have expanded your array, you have added the new disk to the array, and your excisting Logical Drive (LUN), as been destributed over 4 disks.
Now you have got some empty, unused space on you array.
You can Extend your excisting LUN, og you can create new LUN(s)
If you extend the LUN, windows will see it as a lager disk, and you will need to extend partition (There some catches), or you can create a new parttion.
If you create new LUN(s), windows will see it as new disk(s).
But windows will not see any difference, where you are now.
BR
/jag
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тАО04-11-2010 06:31 PM
тАО04-11-2010 06:31 PM
Re: MSA60 storage array
Create a logical drive using the array config utils? and then see if I can use the Windows disc management in windows to extend it?
If not do I create a logical drive in Array config utils and try the extend again using the array utils?
or do I convert the Basic disc to dynamic from disc management in windows and then use the array utils to create a logical drive and then go back to disk managment in windows and see if I can extend it since it is now dynamic disc?
Or once I convert it to dymanic disc in windows I do all this in the array utils?
Ken
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тАО04-13-2010 05:27 AM
тАО04-13-2010 05:27 AM
Re: MSA60 storage array
Do you want a lager disk?
Or do you want an additional disk.
If you want a larger disk.
The you select the Logical drive, that you have got, and extend it.
From the ACU.
If you want an addtional disk, then you create a new logical drive using the ACU.
Untill you do one of the aboave, windows will se no change.
When you have got a RAID controller, windows do not see the physical disks.
Windows see the logical disks.
BR
/jag
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тАО04-13-2010 04:38 PM
тАО04-13-2010 04:38 PM
Re: MSA60 storage array
Thanks
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тАО04-15-2010 03:04 AM
тАО04-15-2010 03:04 AM
Re: MSA60 storage array
Your current RAID 5 it 558 GB, using 3 3 drives.
That mean you data is 279Gb + 279GB = 558GB.
Wich mean when ever you add a disk, min 279 Gb or lager you can extend you logical drive 279GB.
The remaining space, you can create a new logical drive.
To understand this I will use round easy theoritically numbers.
Lets say:
You have got 1 x 100 GB disk and 2 x 150 GB disk.
You want to use this for a RAID 5.
Then you can create a RAID 5 of 200 GB.
100 GB + 100 GB of data + 100 GB of parity.
The smallest disk decide the size of you RAID
In this theory, you use 100 GB on all 3 disks. Leaving you with 2 x 50 GB unused space. You can use that for a 50 GB RAID 1 or 100 GB RAID 0.
In you case, for real. You are for some reason limitted to 279 GB per disk.
In windows
If you extend the logical drive.
Windows will see it as a larger disk.
You can extend your partition, wich can be a challenge, on the boot/system partition.
I will not be much help on that part.
Or you can create a new partition.
BR
/jag
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тАО04-15-2010 05:28 PM
тАО04-15-2010 05:28 PM
Re: MSA60 storage array
Do I need to convert my drive from Basic to dynamic first in the Windows disk management before I extend the logicial drive in ACU?
The drive has share data on it and no OS is installed with it.
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тАО04-19-2010 04:21 AM
тАО04-19-2010 04:21 AM
Re: MSA60 storage array
Since it'a a data drive, you should have no problem extending it.
Good idea to backup, allways do that.
extend the logical drive
rescan device manager
check you have got a bigger drive in diskmanage
open a command window
run diskpart.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590
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тАО04-19-2010 07:13 AM
тАО04-19-2010 07:13 AM
Re: MSA60 storage array
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тАО04-23-2010 02:50 AM
тАО04-23-2010 02:50 AM
Re: MSA60 storage array
This is a 4 step task.
1. Physically hot install the disk.
2. Add new disk to array, using ACU
(expand array)
3. Extend logical drive using ACU.
4. Extend windows partion using diskpart.
BR
/jag