DL360 Array Help

[hassan mir]

I have DL360 with integrated smart array , i have one array with one physical drive.

The size of this hot-pluggable drive is 36.3

I have two new identical drives 72.8 G each and i would like to do the following.

Get image of my current drive to one of these new drives.
Boot from the new drive.
Add the second new drive and mirror it.

I am not tech savy and would appreciate someones help to pulls this off

Thanks in advance

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

ok
first of all
if you want to use all 72 GB you must make archive form 36 GB disk not image.
OTHERWISE you will lose half of disk.

What kind of OS you use ?
Stop server
Remove 36 GB disk
Put new two 72 GB into server.
Reboot server
Stop server when it boot using F8 when array is testing.
Array will auto config to mirror.
Check and save.
Start server and restore your configuration

[hassan mir]

thanks for your reply.

I am running Windows 2000.

How would i archive the 36 G drive? Thats the part i am not sure of?

DL360 has two hot-pluggable bays, right now one has 36G drive and the 2nd one is empty.

I want to get rid of 36G drive and replace it with 2 72G drives, mirrord,, but i want all the data from the old drive, so i wont have to reinstall anything

Thanks

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

DO you know what is ACU
Array Config UTILITY ?

[hassan mir]

yes,,

i am attaching the screen shot of what i c when i plug the 2nd drive in.

thanks

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

Before we go ahead pls make backup.
Use ghost for that. Read all about ghost.

replace old disk with new disks.
Create mirror using CTRL BIOS.
Recover from ghost

[hassan mir]

i know about Ghost from Norton,,

Here is my question,, say i install Ghost on 36G drive ,, make backup of this drive to some external drive.

Replace the old drive(with Ghost on it) with new ones(empty) ,, reboot and creat new array with these drives

Now these drives are blank and have nothing on em,, i cant really boot to anything to be able to run Ghost again and recover the back up from that external drive?

Am i missing something ?

Is is not possible (somehow) to insert the 2nd drive (72G) ,, make copy/image of the 36G drive on the larger drive,, stop server,, stop server,, replace 36G drive with 72G drive,, boot,, stop server, insert 2nd 72G drive,, boot and mirror these,,, ?

i have the 2nd drive (72G) in there but i cant seem to use it as it,,,

Thanks

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

I need some time to test that.

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

I finish test
And all is OK

What you need to do

1. You have two slots
put one of your 72 GB disk on secound slot.
2. start ACU and extend your array A ( first array)
3.wait for extend it will take 30 min
4. change RAID level form 0 to 1+0
5. wait for rebuild
6. Remove 36 gb disk and replace it with secound 72.gb disk
7. wait for rebuild
8. it is all

you will have 36.00 GB array RAID 1+0
and you will have unused space 36 GB

now you can extend your LUN 0 or
you can make new LUN

do you have any question ?
and pls vote me :)))

[hassan mir]

thanks,,


i got everything but

'now you can extend your LUN 0 or
you can make new LUN'

Please explain this a bit further,, and i sure will give u max points.