HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Storage Server Administration Guide (WSS R2 version, March 2006)

another logical drive on the same array. Unlike drive expansion, the op erating system must be aware
of changes to the logical drive size.
Youextendavolumeto:
• Increase raw data storage
• Im prove performance by increasing the number of spindles in a logical drive volume
• Ch ange fault-tolerance (RAID) configurations
For more information about R AID levels, refer to the Smart Array Controller User Guide,orthedocument
titled Assessing R AI D ADG vs. RAID 5 vs. RAID 1+0. Both a re available at the Sm art Array controller
web page or at h
ttp://h18000.www1. hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/
documentation.html.
Extend volumes using Disk Management
The Disk Management snap-in provides management of hard disks, volumes or partitions. It can be
used to extend a dynamic volume only.
NOTE:
Disk Manage
ment cannot be used to extend basic disk partitions.
Guidelines for extending a dynamic volume:
• Use the Disk Management or DiskPart utility.
• You can extend a volume only if it does not have a file system or if it is formatted NTFS.
• You cannot extend volumes formatted using FAT or FAT32.
• You cannot extend striped volumes, mirrored volumes, or RAID 5 volumes.
Extend volumes using DiskPart
The DiskPart utility allows the administrator to manage disks at the command line level. Use the utility to
perform disk-related tasks at the com m a nd line as a n alternative to using Disk Management.
Guidelines for extending a basic volume:
• Use the DiskPart utility.
• Toextendabasicvolume,itmustbeformattedNTFS.
• You can only extend a basic volume onto the same disk.
• You can only extend a basic volume if it is followed by contiguous u nalloc a ted space.
Complete help is available from the Windows Storage Ser ver 2003 desktop by selecting Start > Help
and Support.
To extend a volume using DiskPart, follow these steps:
1. Connect to the server through Remote Desktop, login, and bring up the command window.
2. Type DiskPart and press Enter.
3. From the DiskPart c ommand prompt, use the following commands:
a. Enter list to display all of the volumes.
b. Enter select [name of volume] (for example, DiskPart> select Volume 4)to
work against a particular volume or partition.
c. Enter Extend. The volume is extended to the capacity of the underlying disk. To specify the
amount to extend or to extend another disk, enter extend [size=n] [disk=n],where
size is in MB.
d. Enter Exit to exit the DiskPart utility.
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