Re: Spanning System Volume

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From: Joseph J. Hand (joseph.hand_at_veritas.com)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:05:01 -0400

My Bad...

I work for VERITAS... this is possible in the upgraded version of Disk
Management that we sell. One of those features that seem like it should be
in the base version and me getting confused due to too many bits of
information stuck in the old noggin...

jh

"Bjorn Landemoo" <mvp2.REMOVE@landemoo.com> wrote in message
news:hsrmc05ejiqsiha7rdt4kj8i6souv353br@4ax.com...
> Joseph
>
> You cannot span the system volume, according to this MS Knowledge Base
> article:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323442
>
> Another thing, you can use RAID1 (mirroring) on your system volume, as
this
> article explains:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323432
>
> Diskpart.exe seems to be one of the better options in Carey's case.
>
> Best regards
>
> Bjorn
> --
> Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
>
> "Joseph J. Hand" <joseph.hand@veritas.com> wrote:
>
> >The system volume can be made dynamic. The rules are simple, you can not
> >make a system volume into a RAID1 or RAID5, but you can grow it by
> >concatenating (spanning). Since the LUN you present is already RAID5 via
> >hardware, you should be able to grow it at the hardware level, rescan the
> >bus, convert it to dynamic, and expand it without a hitch.
> >
> >The utility you spoke of is called DISKPART.EXE. It should not be needed
> >here.
> >
> >jh
> >
> >
> >"Carey" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:1b67d01c44fe6$1ebcd260$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> We expanded our Raid 5 array from 135Gb to 208Gb.
> >> In Disk Management, the disks are basic, and im curious if
> >> it is possible to span the c: drive or SYSTEM volume if I
> >> convert disk 0 to dynamic disks.
> >>
> >> I was told MS actually makes a utility that will do this.
> >>
> >> Any insight is appreciated.
> >>
> >
>

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