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тАО01-17-2008 06:15 AM
тАО01-17-2008 06:15 AM
I have just expanded my Array with 8 new disk.
It is an Smart Array 5300 controller on Windows 2003 Server.
I now have the option of creating a new logical drive, or extend the existin logical drive.
What is the bst option ??
The new diskspace is going to be added to an existing partition in Windows.
How do I do this.
The existin partition is placed on a dynamic disk.
Can someone please help me...
Solved! Go to Solution.
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тАО01-17-2008 09:10 AM
тАО01-17-2008 09:10 AM
Re: Extend size of logical disk ??
if you want to add more space to C:
you have to extend doing that you're going to get unused space next to C partition so using an partition utility to can add that space to C:
regards
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тАО01-18-2008 01:55 AM
тАО01-18-2008 01:55 AM
Re: Extend size of logical disk ??
I want to extend the D partition on my Windows Server.
The disk where the D partition is currently a Dynamic drive.
Let's see:
If I extend the size of the logical drive on the Array, it would appear as free space on the D drive.
Can't DiskManager in Windows include this free space into the existing D partition ??
This should be the same as creating a new logical drive, and add this logical drive to the exiting dynamic drive ??
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тАО01-18-2008 06:11 AM
тАО01-18-2008 06:11 AM
Re: Extend size of logical disk ??
However, these are not the actual supported ways to resize the partition as per HP. If data back up and array reconfiguration (ACU) is possible, I would highly recommend that to manage your storage.
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тАО01-18-2008 07:48 AM
тАО01-18-2008 07:48 AM
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тАО01-21-2008 12:24 AM
тАО01-21-2008 12:24 AM
Re: Extend size of logical disk ??
If the D partition is extended with the ACU, you can use diskpart.exe (W2K3 included tool) to extend the D-partition also.
It is not nesseary to change to dynamic disk.
With regards,
Otto
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тАО01-21-2008 02:06 AM
тАО01-21-2008 02:06 AM
Re: Extend size of logical disk ??
The disk is already dynamic.
Can I use the Extend Size in ACU or is it better to create a new logical drive and add this to the existing partition ??
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тАО01-21-2008 05:36 AM
тАО01-21-2008 05:36 AM
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тАО01-23-2008 05:53 AM
тАО01-23-2008 05:53 AM
Re: Extend size of logical disk ??
Thanks to all that replyed to my questions. This is what worked:
The Array expansion up to 14 disk with 1 spare went fine.
Logical Disk extension up to 1,6 TB went fine.
Disk Manager in Windows shows the extra space as free space at the end of the Logical Disk.
Problem:
Since the logical disk was converted to dynamic disk in Windows 2000 and the server is upgraded to Windows 2003, Disk Manager can't expand the Volume.
Solution:
Stop the services that uses data on the disk.
Make a full backup of data on the drive.
Remove all volumes on the drive.
Convert the disk back to basic disk
Recreate partition to the full size of disk.
Restore all data onto this new partition.
Restart services that uses data on the disk.
Alot of work, but as far as I can see this is the only solution, since the logical disk was converted to dynamic disk in Windows 2000.
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тАО03-21-2008 05:48 PM
тАО03-21-2008 05:48 PM
Re: Extend size of logical disk ??
Here is the link to the KB article at Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590