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Add drives to RAID 5
I added two drives to an existing RAID5. They have been initilized and added to the array. Dell tech told me i would need to download xpart and extend the partition. I cannot find xpart to do that. I have volume manager but it doesnt support windows server 2003. I need to extend the data drive D: to utilize the new space. was ~67G now ~135G.
Container #0. Currently 3 disks 33.9G. Added two more 33.9 disks. (C D partitions)
PERC 3/Di V2.7-1 (3170) System BIOS: A18 ESM 3.10 BP 1.01
Thanks in advance.
I am a little surprised that I havent got any responses from Dell. I would think it would be common for people to added disks to their existing RAID 5 to increase drive space with rebuilding the containers. I found dellpart but it indicates that its use is for Dell Powervaults and PowerEdge Cluster SE400, FE300, and FE400. None of which I have. This is a PE2650. I want to extend the partition to utilizes the "new" drives space that have been added to the arrary. This is Windows Server 2003 std. I dont want to rebuild the container but I guess if thats the only solution then I am left with no choice. I have volume manager but it is not for Server 2K3.
..any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
the name is "ExtPart.exe". (not "xpart"). Have a look at ftp.dell.com/app/ExtPart.txt
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Posted July 24th, 2004 11:00