HP P3410A HP NetRAID Series User Guide - Page 139
Expanding Capacity Online under Windows 2000
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Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion a. Choose Adapter from the Tools Management menu. b. Choose the adapter controlling the logical drive. 4. Choose Objects from the Tools Management menu. 5. Choose Logical Drive from the Objects menu. 6. From the Logical Drive menu, choose the logical drive you want to prepare for expansion. 7. From the Logical Drive menu for the drive you want to prepare, choose Properties. 8. Choose Virtual Sizing. 9. On the Virtual Size menu, choose Disable, and confirm your choice. 10. Press Esc twice to return to the Logical Drive menu. If you need to enable Virtual Sizing on another logical drive, choose the logical drive and repeat Steps 6 through 10. 11. If you have installed one or more HP NetRAID Series adapters, press Esc to return to the Objects menu. Enable Virtual Sizing on the logical drives of all adapters as necessary. 12. To exit, press Esc until you see the Exit? box, and choose Yes. Expanding Capacity Online under Windows 2000 After using a logical drive, you might want to add another physical drive. If you prepared the logical drive for the Online Capacity Expansion feature, this can be done without shutting down the server or restarting the system. In the example used throughout this section, you might be nearing the 12-GB limit and you want to add another 4-GB drive to the logical drive. To expand capacity online, follow the instructions later in this section to do the following: • First: Install the added physical capacity into the internal hot-swap mass storage cage or into the external enclosure. • Second: Use the HP NetRAID Assistant utility to reconstruct the logical drive to include the added capacity. For instructions, refer to "Second, Reconstruct to Add Capacity" later in this section. • Third: In Windows 2000, create a new volume consisting of the added capacity and make that new free segment part of the existing volume. For instructions, refer to "Third, Add Capacity in Windows" later in this section. 133