Increase Volume on EqualLogic
I have a drive created in the EqualLogic, [200 GB] I need to grow it by 100 GB. It is attached to the server via the iSCSI target link.
Can I just type 300 next to the *Volume Size field and click OK?
What implications will this have?
Do I have to re-attach the Drive on the Server side after growing it? Or the drive grows automatically?
....please bear with me I do not have enough knowledge of this, someone did this for us and I would like to learn to do it, so please provide steps if possible.
See the file attached for more details.
How-to-grow-the-SQL-drive.pdf
There is a Snapshot on the drive occurring at 12 PM
There is also 400 GB reservation for the Snapshots
There is 700 GB of Free space on the Pool
Can I just type 300 next to the *Volume Size field and click OK?
What implications will this have?
Do I have to re-attach the Drive on the Server side after growing it? Or the drive grows automatically?
....please bear with me I do not have enough knowledge of this, someone did this for us and I would like to learn to do it, so please provide steps if possible.
See the file attached for more details.
How-to-grow-the-SQL-drive.pdf
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So this is present directly to a VM via software iSCSI?
you will need to resize the OS partition directly, as per my EE Article
HOW TO: Resize a VMware (VMDK) Virtual Disk
you will need to resize the OS partition directly, as per my EE Article
HOW TO: Resize a VMware (VMDK) Virtual Disk
another Dell disk extension is easy to increase the space.
and if you are suing 2008 server,,its very easy/
just increase from vc center and go the the windows disk management and right click then merge
and if you are suing 2008 server,,its very easy/
just increase from vc center and go the the windows disk management and right click then merge
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@hanccocka yes the drive is presented to the VM via iSCSI.
I increased the size on the EqualLogic to 300 GB; my worry was that I could not see the added space inside the VM.
I decided to rediscovery the drive and wall-ah there it was, now I will Extend the Drive.
I have done this part before on normal drives with success, how is it different with the VM especial knowing the drive resides on the EqualLogic rather than the actual VM?
Would I lose any data by Extending the drive?
I increased the size on the EqualLogic to 300 GB; my worry was that I could not see the added space inside the VM.
I decided to rediscovery the drive and wall-ah there it was, now I will Extend the Drive.
I have done this part before on normal drives with success, how is it different with the VM especial knowing the drive resides on the EqualLogic rather than the actual VM?
Would I lose any data by Extending the drive?
No, drive expansion is supported in Windows 2008 and later.
What is the VM OS?
You should always have a backup before any partition changes. Because issues can occur.
What is the VM OS?
You should always have a backup before any partition changes. Because issues can occur.
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The Server is Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition.
I am testing this with another Server first, and I am doing a backup of the Production Server in the mean time.
Will update you all.
Thanks
I am testing this with another Server first, and I am doing a backup of the Production Server in the mean time.
Will update you all.
Thanks
okay, you have the option to Extend/Expand the volume partition using Disk Management.
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...this is what I learnt;
Increasing the volume on the EqualLogic is painless - you just need to be aware of your total Pool Space, Free Space and Extra Reserve Space for snapshots.
On the server or OS side, I had to wait a while for the space to appear on the Disk Management Snapin - a few refreshes on the iSCSI Target Tab also were performed (I'm not 100% sure which worked first).
Thanks a lot.
Increasing the volume on the EqualLogic is painless - you just need to be aware of your total Pool Space, Free Space and Extra Reserve Space for snapshots.
On the server or OS side, I had to wait a while for the space to appear on the Disk Management Snapin - a few refreshes on the iSCSI Target Tab also were performed (I'm not 100% sure which worked first).
Thanks a lot.
No problems, glad to help.
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Excellent
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When I go to the Data-store, I cannot see the drive, is it because it was presented to the Server via the iSCSI link?
There-are-two-snapshot-points.pdf