RE: HOW TO Expand or resizeSAN Partion

Sanjay,

See inline response below.

> DATA is very critical and i need to be sure before carry out the activity.
[ANSWER] If DATA is so very critical for you need to be sure before carry
out the activity, then please call Microsoft Product SUpport Service and
get a case created.

> 1. What will happen with the quorum ? will Quorum update automatically
after reboot?
[ANSWER] Nothing, because you should have no need to use DiskPart.exe on
the Quorum disk.

> 2. what are the major risk which you identify and what are the mitigation
action?
[ANSWER] This is a loaded question <g> without a very good answer, because
it's all going to depending on the hardware and the environment they're in.

> 3. If i put a extra SAN (temp) and copied (backed Up) all critical data,
will it help me ?
[ANSWER] I don't see why not.

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Hope this helps,
Mike Rosado
Windows 2000 MCSE + MCDBA
Microsoft Enterprise Platform Support
Windows NT/2000/2003 Cluster Technologies

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-----Original Message-----
> From: <SanjayRaval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: HOW TO Expand or resizeSAN Partion
> Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 01:08:02 -0800
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Thanks for the advice. i had gone through all the article which you
> suggested, I had few doubts...
>
> 1. What will happen with the quorum ? will Quorum update automatically
after
> reboot?
>
> 2. what are the major risk which you identify and what are the mitigation
> action?
>
> 3. If i put a extra SAN (temp) and copied (backed Up) all critical data,
> will it help me ?
>
> DATA is very critical and i need to be sure before carry out the activity.
>
>
> "Mike Rosado [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > Hi Sanjay,
> >
> > This is the article you would use. You should call Microsoft Product
> > Support Services to obtain the latest Diskpart.exe outlined in article
ID:
> > 841650 and 875524 listed below:
> >
> > 304736 How to extend the partition of a cluster shared disk
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=304736
> >
> > 841650 The DiskPart.exe utility cannot extend a logical drive in an
extended
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=841650
> >
> > 875524 The Diskpart utility or the Cluster Administrator may take many
> > seconds
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=875524
> >
> > Now in a Cluster, you should not be using Logical Partitions. You
should
> > be using individual LUNs (Logical Unit Number) listed as disk in Disk
> > Manager.
> >
> > Now with regards to the Quorum disk, you should not have any need to
expand
> > the disk. Because it is recommended that you configure the quorum disk
> > size to be 500 MB; this size is the minimum required for an efficient
NTFS
> > partition. Larger disk sizes are allowable but are not currently
needed.
> >
> > 280345 Quorum Drive Configuration Information
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=280345
> >
> > --------------------
> > Hope this helps,
> > Mike Rosado
> > Windows 2000 MCSE + MCDBA
> > Microsoft Enterprise Platform Support
> > Windows NT/2000/2003 Cluster Technologies
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: <SanjayRaval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: HOW TO Expand or resizeSAN Partion
> > > Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 06:06:01 -0800
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I want to expand the SAN partion which is with windows 2003 cluster
> > service.
> > > Currently have 4 partion and want to resize all the partion.
> > >
> > > Does it affect quorum ? or can it be rebuilt ?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for helping me?
> > >
> > > Sanjay
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

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