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Change raid configuration on BL460 G7 running ESXi 5.0

I need to increase the amount of disks in an MDS600 connected to a BL460c G7 blade server. As part of the disk increase I will be moving the VMs to another storage area so that I can add the additional disks and change the raid configuration from raid 5 to raid 10. The disks will then be put into the same zone using the onboard administrator.

The blade server is running ESXi 5.0.

I have downloaded the HP offline bundle and vSphere CLI but wanted to know if there was a simpler way to do this.

If anyone has any experience with this it would be appreciated.

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It's easier to do the array configuration using the Array Configuration Utility under the SmartStart CD, however you still have to present the extra disks to the controller first by configuring the MDs600. Since you are moving the data to another server it's not worth using array expansion and RAID level migration, just delete the old array and create a new one.

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Hi andyalder,

Thanks for getting back so quickly.

I'm moving the vms off only as a precaution as this is the first time that i've done this.

My preference would be to keep the data on their now so I don't have to reinstall ESXi on the server and just add the extra disks and change from raid 5 to raid 10. Would this be possible?

Also where would I be able to get the smartstart CD, we don't have one in the office.

Thanks,

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JAM-Tech

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I'll give it a go, thanks for the response

JAM-Tech

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Concise and quick, brilliant.