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#142753 - 2005-07-01 01:01 AM OT - Extending Windows 2000 Partition on ProLiant Server
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I will be adding two new drives to a ProLiant Raid5 array and was wondering if anyone had suggestions on how to handle the upgrade in Windows 2000. I've posted this question to the HP forum and received some general guidelines, but want to verify this with the KiX crowd.

At this point the upgrade sounds easy enough:

1. Install the new hard drives
2. Run ACU (Array Config Utility)
3. Add new drives to existing array
4. (at this point the general concensis is to run the Disk Management and extend the logical drive, but there are also recommendation on extending the logical drive with the diskpart.exe utility)

Any suggestions for step #4?

Thanks!
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#142754 - 2005-07-01 06:37 AM Re: OT - Extending Windows 2000 Partition on ProLiant Server
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not really, You can use the extend option with Diskpart.exe. But I have never used it.

Sorry, at the moment I have only a dutch OS which i can use:

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Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3565

ADD - Een mirror aan een gewoon volume toevoegen.
ACTIVE - Hiermee wordt de huidige standaardschijf als actieve opstartpartit
ie gemarkeerd.
ASSIGN - Hiermee wordt een stationsletter of instelpunt aan het geselecteer
de volume
toegewezen.
BREAK - Een mirror-set verbreken.
CLEAN - Hiermee kunnen alle configuratiegegevens of alle gegevens van de s
chijf worden
verwijderd.
CONVERT - Tussen verschillende schijfindelingen converteren.
CREATE - Een volume of partitie maken.
DELETE - Een object verwijderen.
DETAIL - Details over een object opgeven.
EXIT - DiskPart afsluiten
EXTEND - Een volume uitbreiden.
HELP - Hiermee wordt een lijst met opdrachten afgedrukt.
IMPORT - Een groep schijven importeren.
LIST - Een lijst met objecten afdrukken.
INACTIVE - Hiermee wordt de huidige standaardpartitie als inactieve partitie
gemarkeerd.
ONLINE - Een als off line gemarkeerde schijf als on line markeren.
REM - Geen functie. Wordt gebruikt om scripts van commentaar te voorzien
.
REMOVE - De toewijzing van een stationsletter of koppelpunt verwijderen.
REPAIR - Een RAID-5-volume repareren.
RESCAN - De computer opnieuw op schijven en volumes controleren.
RETAIN - Een veiligheidspartitie in een eenvoudig volume maken.
SELECT - De focus naar een object verplaatsen.






Edited by Co (2005-07-01 06:38 AM)
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#142755 - 2005-07-01 11:29 PM Re: OT - Extending Windows 2000 Partition on ProLiant Server
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Doesn't that only work with dynamic disks though?

Oh, and put "full backup" on the list as well.


Edited by sealeopard (2005-07-01 11:30 PM)
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#142756 - 2005-07-02 12:42 AM Re: OT - Extending Windows 2000 Partition on ProLiant Server
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Well you don't say what controller you have or even what server so difficult to determine the age of the systm.

If you have one with a 5i or better controller then adding and expanding the drive should be fine.
1. Backup the system
2. Make sure you update the FIRMWARE for the Server in question first
3. Update the CONTROLLER firmware and drivers
4. Add the drive
5. Diskpart the drive

If the drives are Dynamic instead of Basic then there are posts where expanding did not work and the user lost data and had to do a restore of the data.
 

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#142757 - 2005-07-02 12:59 AM Re: OT - Extending Windows 2000 Partition on ProLiant Server
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2. Make sure you update the FIRMWARE for the Server in question first
3. Update the CONTROLLER firmware and drivers




You sure about that order? I run a DELL server farm and one time I updated the firmware before the driver and regretted it.

Personally, I would never extend a partition. I would image the server, scrub, build a brand new RAID container, and drop the image back onto it. More often than not, I migrate the application/data to another pristine server and then scrub the old one afterwards.
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#142758 - 2005-07-02 01:01 AM Re: OT - Extending Windows 2000 Partition on ProLiant Server
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I had used Partition Magic and succeded but not in a Proliant thought, just on IDE. Check it out.
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#142759 - 2005-07-02 01:53 AM Re: OT - Extending Windows 2000 Partition on ProLiant Server
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Well in 8 years of working with Compaq (now HP) Servers I've personally never ran into an issue with updating the Server firmware first, but hey I know where you're coming from as sometimes some unexpected things do popup in computing.

 

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#142760 - 2005-07-02 02:52 AM Re: OT - Extending Windows 2000 Partition on ProLiant Server
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Actually, I was talking about the RAID firmware but I did get in trouble one time upgrading the ESM before the RAID. I even tested the procedure on an identical dev box before trying it on the prod box. You know how it is... shit happens.
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