Raid assistant

[Haspeslagh]

server: LC2000

After adding a new HDD to a raid5 logical drive in netraid assistant, the size of the logical drive in Windows2000 has not changed... should I reboot the server for the changes to take effect or should I do something else?

[CA660377]

If virtual sizing is not enabled initially when creating the array, then you must reboot when adding capacity.

[Haspeslagh]

I did a reboot but nothing has changed... pls help me cause my free space is running out... In the netraid assistant the size of the logical device is correct 104GB, but the size of drive e in win2000 is still 67GB...

[meloni]

hi
starting disk manager, you have tofound some new free space.
this is the space that you can manage.
bye
marino

[CA758466]

If your existing RAID array Windows 2000 partition is your boot or system partition, I believe you will need to create an additional partition in Windows 2000 Disk Manager. I don't think Windows 2000 will allow you to expand boot or system partitions. Hope that helps...

[Haspeslagh]

The problem is, in win2000 disk managment I can't see the free space...

[Alicia White]

When you added the new drive in NetRAID Assistant, did you initialize the drive?

If you didn't initialize the drives, the OS won't see the added capacity.

[Alicia White]

Correction!!
I should have written:

"If you didn't initialize the NEW DRIVE, the OS won't see the added capacity."

If you initialized all the drives, you would lose all your data!

Sorry about that.

Alicia

[Haspeslagh]

I didn't initialize it...
But it seems I can't initialize him anymore, the option is not available with the^physical drive. However, I can Initialize the logical drive but then I'll lose all my data...
What should I do? Remove the drive and start all over again? Can I lose data by removing the disk?

[Alicia White]

Forget what I said before about initializing the drive, I think I was thinking of the NR 4M.

The problem might lie with the type of disk as it is configured in Windows2000. Is your disk configured as a basic disk or as a dynamic disk?

Get a REALLY good backup.

Then, you might be able to fix this problem by converting the disk from basic to dynamic.

But, all that is really a Microsoft issue and beyond my expertise.

As far as the NetRAID issue is concerned, I'd get a good backup, clear config, reconfigure the array using all the hard drives, reinstall the OS and restore your data from backup.

Alicia