Re: How to upgrade to new RAID Logical / Host Drive for SBS2K on Intel SRCU31A
From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] (not_at_your.nellie)
Date: 07/19/04
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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 01:07:43 +1000
> We also resized the destination partitions in Ghost, if that makes a
> difference.
shouldn't matter. Might. Better to try one change at a time but a copy and
resize under ghost doesn't normally blow W2Kx away.
> >In a worst case we'd boot off the current drives, convert to dynamic,
> >software mirror to the RAID5 and hope she comes up. But you shouldn't
have
> >to.
> I've thought of this one as well, and came to the same conclusion you
> did.
Conclusions? I haven't reached any, pure postulation at this point.
> >Pls. Is the current boot drive a basic or dynamic disk? (hint, this isn't
a
> >yes/no question)
> It is a Basic Disk.
OK, so if we can we want to avoid converting it.
> The existing 18GB shows as host/logical drive 0 on the RAID
> Controller. The new 72 GB RAID 5 shows as logical drive 1.
This shouldn't be a big deal. The array controller will present the OS with
a list of drives which the OS should accept as d0, d1 etc... as it sees
them, the names of the drives in the array shouldn't impact this. With your
18's in place they should be d0, when you remove them and try to boot off
the RAID5 the OS should see it as d0.
I haven't used that particular RAID card but you may need to both disconnect
the drives (18s) and then tell the card to remove the array, else it may
present the unavailable drive to windows. CAREFUL, if you need to return the
18s you _should_ be able to read their RAID config off the disks, but I
don't know that RAID card.
> The 18GB has 3 partitions on it. A 40 MB Intel Management partition,
> a 6 GB C:\ and a 11 GB D:\
This shouldn't matter. If you convert to dynamic you'll break the diagnostic
partition.
>
> Even when I unplug the 18GB HD, the new array still shows as host 1,
> could this be the reason that W2K is not booting?
>
> I've thought about deleting host 0 on the RAID Controller, but I
> believe this can only be done when that HD is physically installed on
> the box, and frankly, I'd rather not do this.
you may have to. You may even be best served ghosting to the new array,
disconnect all drives, clear controller config, then reconnect the RAID5
drives and read the config off them. BUT, tread carefully before you follow
this advice, I don't know that RAID card.
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