Adding to virtual disk dell openmanage raid 5

I've had bad luck with partion magic..:(  I did a full backup so were good there. Will I need to reboot?

Thanks!

Depends on the openmange and the PERC adapter... I don't have all those committed to memory, but I believe a reconfigure does not require a reboot.

Oh, and you can always just partition a new disk on the additional space and either mount as a new driver letter  or mount on a folder where the space is needed most.

I went ahead and started.. It says "reconstructing" is that normal. And roughly how long does the process take?

You can add the space to a particular folder?

Thanks!

I believe it is... and depending on the size of the virtual disk and the size of the disk you are adding , it can take a while.

Yes.... the mounted drive takes the place of the directory tree from the mount point down.

Do you have a process to mount to a folder?

Thanks

Well, I have always just done it...never documented it


Open disk manager

After formatting your new filesystem, do not assign a drive letter. If if has one, go to change drive letters and paths and remove it.

Click Add
Instead of "assign the following drive letter", select moutn in the following empty NTFS folder, then browse to your emptied folder and click ok...

I don't know if this wil work for me now or not. I was told that I need to resize c:.

Have you heard anything about acronis disk director? Will it resize c: on the fly?

Thanks