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– Startup (boot)
– Simple or extended volumes that were upgraded from basic to
dynamic.
v
You can extend a volume only if the volume is formatted using NTFS or
does not contain a file system.
v You can extend a simple or extended volume only if the volume was
created as a dynamic volume.
v You can extend a simple volume if the extension will occur within its
original physical drive or onto additional physical drives.
v After a volume is extended onto multiple drives (spanned), it cannot be
mirrored or striped.
v You can extend simple and spanned volumes on dynamic disks onto a
maximum of 32 dynamic disks.
v After a spanned volume is extended, you cannot delete any portion of
the volume without deleting the entire spanned volume.
Windows
NT 4.0
1. After completing ″Increase logical drive space,″ shut down and restart the
server.
2. In the lower-left corner of the desktop, click Start → Programs → Administrative
Tools (Common) → Disk Administrator. The Disk Administrator window
opens.
3. Hold the Ctrl key down and right-click both the old volume and the new free
space on the logical drive; then, click Extend Volume Set.
4. Type the total size you want for the partition.
5. Click OK.
6. Right-mouse click the volume and click Commit Changes Now. A confirmation
window opens.
7. Click Yes. Another confirmation window opens.
8. Click Yes.
Notes:
v You can extend a volume only if it is formatted using NTFS. You must
convert FAT volume sets to NTFS before you can extend them.
v You can extend volume sets onto a maximum of 32 physical drives.
v You cannot extend the volume where the Windows NT 4.0 system files
reside.
v After a volume is extended, you cannot delete any portion of the volume
without deleting the entire volume.
More
information
v Increasing logical drive size (action)
v Increasing logical drive size (SAS, SATA) (action)
Configuration
wizard notes and attentions: While you are creating the
configuration, the ServeRAID Manager reports notes and attentions regarding the
configuration in the event viewer. These events can help you create a better or
more optimized configuration.
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