Expanding Capacity Under Netware 4.2 With Virtual Sizing Disabled; Capacity Expansion Under Netware 5 - HP P3410A - NetRAID 1M RAID Controller User Manual

Chapter 6

Expanding Capacity under NetWare 4.2 with Virtual Sizing Disabled

If you already are using a logical drive without Virtual Sizing enabled, but now
wish to add capacity to an existing volume, your options are limited. Here are the
likely scenarios when Virtual Sizing has not been enabled.
Without Restart
Without restarting the HP NetServer, you can only add capacity as a new volume.
You will need to add enough physical drives to create a new array and logical
drive by using HP NetRAID Config. Then under NetWare Install, you need to
Scan For New Devices, and configure the new logical drive as a new NetWare
volume.
With Restart
CAUTION Back up your data before you begin this procedure. You will
repartition the logical drive and destroy the data in it.
If a restart is acceptable, then you can bring down the HP NetServer. If the logical
drive has already been partitioned and used, you need to backup the data, enable
Virtual Sizing in HP NetRAID Express Tools, repartition the drive, and restore the
data. Now the logical drive can be expanded online whenever required.

Capacity Expansion under NetWare 5

This section describes how to expand disk capacity under NetWare 5 after the
system has been in operation for a time. This section is divided into these parts:
About Online Capacity Expansion under NetWare 5 describes the
Online Capacity Expansion feature. This feature allows new storage
capacity to be added to an existing logical drive and put online for use
without restarting the server.
Planning for Online Capacity Expansion under NetWare 5 explains
restrictions regarding online capacity expansion under NetWare 5.
Preparation Steps for NetWare 5 explains how to disable Virtual Sizing
if it has been enabled.
Expanding Capacity Online under NetWare 5 describes how to use the
Online Capacity Expansion feature to add physical drives to your system
without restarting the HP NetServer.
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