Re: [ActiveDir] Silly question(way OT)

[Robert Mezzone]

Title: Re: [ActiveDir] Silly question(way OT)

At least for HP Servers running WINK3, you have to first add the new drives to the array and then extend the volume at the hardware level. This can all be done while the server is running.

Reboot then run a utility (I believe from the admin tool pack, I forget the exact name , can check if interested) to extend the volume in windows

Reboot and your volume is extended. I've done this numerous times.

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Sent: Thu Apr 28 18:36:18 2005
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Silly question(way OT)


For most raid cards, say HP/Compaq ones, if disk 0 1 2 3 are part of
raid 5 - just recreate the raid config in the new raid card (of course
without reinitializing)

Some cards will bootup with NVRAM mismatch (config in ram doesn't match
those in drive) and then you can choose which one to load from - in this
case the drives.

For extending the raid5 - sure most raid card nowadays allows you to
extend the raid card - say you have 36x3 - and you add in another 36gig.
Windows will not extend those that you have already allocated - so in
diskmgmt.msc you will see an unassigned freespace.

Thank you and have a splendid day!

Kind Regards,

Freddy Hartono
Windows Administrator (ADSM/NT Security)
Spherion Technology Group, Singapore
For Agilent Technologies
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 4:54 AM
To: ActiveDir (E-mail)
Subject: [ActiveDir] Silly question(way OT)

This is a hardware question that has nothing to do with AD. be warned.
Many apologies in advance.
i'm not really a hardware guy.

Still, I can't believe I don't know this, but if anyone can help me,
that would be great.

If i have a hardware raid 5 array and swap out the raid controller with
a new one, what happens to the data on the disks?
Is everything lost or can the new controller just do raid 5 for the
existing data?

also, as a final question, can I add a extra drive to extend the current
raid partition? meaning, if a have a 70gig hardware raid array(not
counting the parity data), can i just add another 35gig drive to make
Windows see a 105gig paratition now or do I have to create an extended
paration?

thanks. I know this is way OT. sorry
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