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VSS 5TB limit windows 2003 32 bits GPT partition
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I just implemented a brand new SAN at one of my company and created a 10.5 TB gpt partition in windows 2003 32 bits.
It seems I was unaware of the fact that shadow copy technology can't be implemented if the partition is bigger than 5TB.
This company really really need to implement shadow copies as they use it a lot.
I already copied around 1.6TB of live production data on it.
What are my options now? I don't want to lose data
Resizing? (although it seems that the fact that it's a GPT partition makes it more difficult as standard partitioning tools won't work like Acronis, it's also a pretty big partition)
any other VSS like technology I could implement?
Thanks all for your help
I just implemented a brand new SAN at one of my company and created a 10.5 TB gpt partition in windows 2003 32 bits.
It seems I was unaware of the fact that shadow copy technology can't be implemented if the partition is bigger than 5TB.
This company really really need to implement shadow copies as they use it a lot.
I already copied around 1.6TB of live production data on it.
What are my options now? I don't want to lose data
Resizing? (although it seems that the fact that it's a GPT partition makes it more difficult as standard partitioning tools won't work like Acronis, it's also a pretty big partition)
any other VSS like technology I could implement?
Thanks all for your help
Lee W, MVP
Diskpart may be able to resize for you.
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I thought about it but form what I read, it doesn't seem to play nice with 2003 and gpt partitions...
In 2008, they added better support for gpt but in 2003...
I'm a bit scare to give a try to be honest
In 2008, they added better support for gpt but in 2003...
I'm a bit scare to give a try to be honest
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actually thre is just no shrink command in 2003... only extend
Shrink was introduced with Win2008.
Ouch. Well, one thought would be two 5TB partitions, and possibly MOUNT one partition to a folder on the other, so in a way you'd have 10TB on the drive letter, but in reality no more than 5TB could be inside or outside the mount subfolder/subtree, and you're still faced with resizing question, how do you transition from current to modified configuration, robocopy and/or backup/verify/restore?
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