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тАО04-12-2006 11:20 AM
тАО04-12-2006 11:20 AM
I have a windows 2000 Proliant server with a smart array controller 5300 with a RAID 5.
From the start i had three disks on 36 GB each. The space was running out (on the E drive), so I bought 3 new 300 GB disks and replaced the disks one by one.
After I replaced the disks, I went in to the "Array config utillity" and choosed "Extend logical drives"... This beacuse I wanted to keep the driveletter and just expand the disk.
After I have done this i receives the status " Background parity initialization is currently queued or in progress on logical drive 2 ( RAID 5 in array B). If background parity initialization is queued, it will start when I/O is performed on the drive. When background parity initialization completes, the performance of the logical drive will improve. "
My question is, what to do now?
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тАО04-12-2006 06:33 PM
тАО04-12-2006 06:33 PM
SolutionThe Initialization is Queued if read/write operations on the logical drive is more and starts when is free.
When was the expansion performed.
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тАО04-12-2006 07:10 PM
тАО04-12-2006 07:10 PM
Re: Expand disk in array
Oki... Thank you for that..Now it seems that the status message is gone, but it took several hours.
But now what to do? The size of the disk is still the same as before.. I want the 119 GB on the disk to be added to the E:drive.
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тАО04-12-2006 08:23 PM
тАО04-12-2006 08:23 PM
Re: Expand disk in array
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590
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тАО04-12-2006 08:35 PM
тАО04-12-2006 08:35 PM
Re: Expand disk in array
Extra Q:
After I changed the disks I used the Utillity to add all the new free space. Now It seems that some space was left out. Anyone know why? Is it any limitations how much to add or something? Can I later expand the disks with this space?
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тАО04-12-2006 08:36 PM
тАО04-12-2006 08:36 PM
Re: Expand disk in array
Extra Q:
After I changed the disks I used the Utillity to add all the new free space. Now It seems that some space was left out. Anyone know why? Is it any limitations how much to add or something? Can I later expand the disks with this space?
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тАО04-12-2006 09:00 PM
тАО04-12-2006 09:00 PM
Re: Expand disk in array
Nothing. Just run diskpart - it takes less then one minute to expand drive.
>>Extra Q:
After I changed the disks I used the Utillity to add all the new free space. Now It seems that some space was left out. Anyone know why? Is it any limitations how much to add or something? Can I later expand the disks with this space?
I don't know why some space was left out. I assume for windows 2000 sp4 limitation is 2 Tb. You can expand array B with this space. Just make sure you have last server firmware (server BIOS, SmartArray firmware,...) and last Array configuration utility.
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тАО04-12-2006 09:06 PM
тАО04-12-2006 09:06 PM
Re: Expand disk in array
Do I have to convert the space to a NTFS/logical drive before I use the diskpart or should it be unallocated?
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тАО04-12-2006 09:25 PM
тАО04-12-2006 09:25 PM
Re: Expand disk in array
You need to leave this space unallocated.
P.S. Since you are new on ITRC forums read
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#22
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