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тАО10-18-2010 11:33 PM
тАО10-18-2010 11:33 PM
Hot extend Array with VMware ESXi 4.x
Is there a way to hot extend a RAID 5 array without shuting down a VMware ESXi 4 server ?
Thanks.
Damien.
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тАО10-19-2010 10:10 PM
тАО10-19-2010 10:10 PM
Re: Hot extend Array with VMware ESXi 4.x
it may depend on more factors...
1) what is your storage? Are you able to expand disk online?
2) if yes, you can expand fmfs datastore under gui - I did it under ESX4, check my thread here: http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1446056
Jan
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тАО10-19-2010 10:16 PM
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Re: Hot extend Array with VMware ESXi 4.x
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тАО10-19-2010 10:20 PM
тАО10-19-2010 10:20 PM
Re: Hot extend Array with VMware ESXi 4.x
I have never tried expand raid5 on smartarrays, but did it with raid1. I think this should work.
Let's check manual pages for P400 (user guide?) - should be described. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManualтМй=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=1157687
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тАО10-19-2010 10:22 PM
тАО10-19-2010 10:22 PM
Re: Hot extend Array with VMware ESXi 4.x
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