cannot expand volume in storage
Hi Experts,
I have a HP storage , MSA2000.
Problem is some disks have a lot of errors and some broke down.
Now I bought new disks, but the disks are bigger than the old ones.
When I put the disks into the shelf and try to expand the volume it will not work.
This error comes up:
An invalid device was specified - 26
Can you help me to solve this issue with the disks ?
I have a HP storage , MSA2000.
Problem is some disks have a lot of errors and some broke down.
Now I bought new disks, but the disks are bigger than the old ones.
When I put the disks into the shelf and try to expand the volume it will not work.
This error comes up:
An invalid device was specified - 26
Can you help me to solve this issue with the disks ?
Paul Solovyovsky
Did you buy HP disks or aftermarket?
Can you be a bit more specific about what your configuration is?
How about a screen shot of disk manager? (as well)
So when you put the new disks in they work OK and come up with the original size?
Typically in a P2000 you have disks in a RAIDset, putting in bigger disks will not make the RAIDset any bigger, the extra space is ignored by the RAID controller. only if you have all the disks in the RAIDset the same bigger size, can you make the RAIDset bigger, then you can expand the last partition on the volume.
How about a screen shot of disk manager? (as well)
So when you put the new disks in they work OK and come up with the original size?
Typically in a P2000 you have disks in a RAIDset, putting in bigger disks will not make the RAIDset any bigger, the extra space is ignored by the RAID controller. only if you have all the disks in the RAIDset the same bigger size, can you make the RAIDset bigger, then you can expand the last partition on the volume.
ASKER
Yes, these are disk for this HP storage.
ASKER
When I put the disks in, then I select the disks and click expand.
But this is not working.
The error come up.
But this is not working.
The error come up.
ASKER
here you see the pic, in enclosure2 is a light green disk, which is available.
ASKER
so what I have to do here ?
Which task is needed ?
Expand the volume or add disks ?
Which task is needed ?
Expand the volume or add disks ?
ASKER
I solved the case.
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not very helpful by the experts.