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тАО03-18-2011 01:42 AM
тАО03-18-2011 01:42 AM
smart array p400i capacity expansion after hdd change
we have a proliant dl360g5 with smart array p400i.
There are six physical drives installed. The first two as RAID 1+0 the last four as RAID 5.
Now we have replaced the old first two drives (72gb) with greater ones (136gb). We have done this one by one, so the logical drive is still useable, but of course only has the old capacity.
How do we could expand/extend this logical drive to the whole new capacity?
regards, Stefan
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тАО03-18-2011 07:24 AM
тАО03-18-2011 07:24 AM
Re: smart array p400i capacity expansion after hdd change
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=468780&prodNameId=468781&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-031af397203d4a509e8275255c
Here is the ACU user guide, here:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00709035.pdf
Be sure to have a GOOD backup this server and be VERY patient as this takes a long time to do!
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тАО03-20-2011 11:45 PM
тАО03-20-2011 11:45 PM
Re: smart array p400i capacity expansion after hdd change
ACU was already installed, but I haven't found anything concerning extending.
So either the ACU Version is to old (we have 8.35.7.0) or it's just that limitation from Windows Server 2003 that the systempartition could not be extended.
So, what are my options for that? Is there an offline ACU for extending the logical drive? Afterwards, than I could extend the partition with some partitioning tool...
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тАО03-21-2011 05:11 AM
тАО03-21-2011 05:11 AM
Re: smart array p400i capacity expansion after hdd change
Does the P400i have the BBWC option?
If you don't have the BBWC on the P400i you can not do online logical drive expansion.
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тАО03-21-2011 05:25 AM
тАО03-21-2011 05:25 AM
Re: smart array p400i capacity expansion after hdd change
And so, this feature seems to be missing.
But making this action online is not needed on this system. At the workinghours this machine could be down for some time.
So, could we proceed this extending offline with ACU and afterwards extend the partition offline too? Or is there no HP tool for offline extending?
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тАО03-21-2011 07:35 AM
тАО03-21-2011 07:35 AM
Re: smart array p400i capacity expansion after hdd change
You can expand the logical drive offline using the ORCA (bios based ACU) or boot from the smartstart cd and run ACU from there.
Note that the logical drive extension takes about 15 minutes per GB so the extension can take long time.
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тАО03-21-2011 10:45 PM
тАО03-21-2011 10:45 PM
Re: smart array p400i capacity expansion after hdd change
It's a Windows Server 2003.
I think, if I extend the logical partition with a tool kind of "Partition Magic" it should be working, right?
Best regards, Stefan
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тАО03-22-2011 10:40 AM
тАО03-22-2011 10:40 AM
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тАО03-24-2011 06:57 AM
тАО03-24-2011 06:57 AM
Re: smart array p400i capacity expansion after hdd change
We will try and I will post the news, than.
First of all we have tho update some firmware and drivers.
Best regards, Stefan
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тАО03-24-2011 08:32 AM
тАО03-24-2011 08:32 AM
Re: smart array p400i capacity expansion after hdd change
You have to extend the OS partition on that same disk.
I don'r know if partition magic will do it but you can use the diskpart.exe utility which os a microsoft tool to extend the partition.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590