Online Capacity Expansion Under Windows Nt; Theory Of Operation - HP D5970A - NetServer - LCII Configuration Manual

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At this point, the logical drive has a NetWare partition of 144 GB with a
12-GB segment set as a volume. The 12-GB volume is mounted and ready
for use. Be sure not to exceed the actual physical capacity when creating
the 12-GB volume and include other uses such as a Hot Fix area.
The new volume is now ready for use. Assume for this example, the volume is
called VOL1. Leave the remaining virtual storage space (144 GB minus 12 GB)
as unused. You can write data up to 12 GB on the drive.
Create Volumes on Drives that Contain NetWare
Sometimes it is desirable to have the network operating system reside on a disk
array. The advantage is that the NOS resides on a redundant drive.
Virtual Sizing can be used with a disk array that is used as the boot device and
also contains user data. If NetWare must be installed on the disk array, follow
these steps:
1. Create a DOS partition of 500 MB or less for booting.
2. Create additional NetWare volumes after the DOS partition on the same
logical drive for data.
3. The remaining virtual capacity must be left unpartitioned, and will be
available for future partitions as you add disk drives to the array.
NOTE Be sure not to create volumes that exceed the actual physical
capacity. You must add up the capacities of all volumes that
may be using the physical storage space such as a DOS
volume, SYS volume, Hot Fix Area, and any user volumes.

Online Capacity Expansion Under Windows NT

Theory of Operation

Normally, adding capacity requires shutting down the server to
reconfigure/restore an existing volume or to add the new storage space as a new
volume. Using the Online Capacity Expansion feature allows you to expand an
existing logical drive without shutting down the server.
Preparing for Online Capacity Expansion
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