Expanding Array using diskpart.exe

[Carlos M. Perez]

I would like to know if anyone has used this and with what success. Also,
can it be done on a live system? I have a user that is running out of space
very quickly and we need to get the extra disk in with minimal downtime.
They have an IBM server with a ServeRAID 4Mx card and 4 36GB drives.

Thanks,

Carlosmp.

 

[Daniel Chang [MSFT]]

I've never done it on a live machine. Adding a disk as a member of the
RAID5, use diskpart.exe.

325590 How to Use Diskpart.exe to Extend a Data Volume
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325590

329707 Best Practices for Using Dynamic Disks on Windows 2000-Based
Computers
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329707

329826 Extending NTFS Volume Fails but Appears to Be Successful
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329826

327020 Error Message Occurs When You Start Disk Management After Extending a
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=327020

294244 Extending Hardware RAID Array May Cause Dynamic Unreadable/Offline
Error
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=294244

HTH,
Daniel
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: I would like to know if anyone has used this and with what success. Also,
: can it be done on a live system? I have a user that is running out of
space
: very quickly and we need to get the extra disk in with minimal downtime.
: They have an IBM server with a ServeRAID 4Mx card and 4 36GB drives.
:
: Thanks,
:
: Carlosmp.
:
:
:

 

[Carlos M. Perez]

Daniel,

The disks right now are Basic disks...all articles seems to reference only
when the disks are dynamic (since birth). Is the only limitation of the
Basic is that the free space must exist after the volume that is going to be
expanded?

Thanks,

Carlos.

 

[Daniel Chang [MSFT]]

It's not your system or boot partition, is it?

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