Configuring virtual drives on server 2012 r2 running hyperV
I have a lenovo server running hyper V with two virtual machines [server2 and exch2] installed
There are two 1 TB drives mirrored for the operating systems. The two mirrored drives are partitioned with 3 partitions at approximately 300 MB each to allow the operating systems for the hyperV2, server2 and exch2.
There are four two TB drives that are configured raid 10 to give a total of 3723 GB of space which is partitioned at two 1861 MB partitions for a data drive for server2 and exch2 on hyperV2.
The partitioning was done from computer management on HyperV2.
The virtual drives were created in settings in HyperV2 for server2 and exch2. The operating systems were installed on the respective drives.
In a similar manner, the four terabyte drives were configured as raid 10. Then in computer management of hyperV2, the disc1[total size of 3812 GB partitioned into a 2836 GB and a 887 GB partition]. The 2836 GB partition is S2DATA. It is showing as only having 36% free space or that 1807 GB are used [see attachment computer management hyperV2]
The virtual drive DATA(F) was created in the hyper V manager and was given a location to be S2DATA. The actual data on the drive is 280 GB.
It would appear that by initializing the drive from the hyperV2 location and partitioning the drive, then creating a virtual drive from within the Hyper V manager, that I have doubled up on using the space.
How can I fix this?
computer-management-hyperV2.jpg
Explorer-view-on-server2.jpg
There are two 1 TB drives mirrored for the operating systems. The two mirrored drives are partitioned with 3 partitions at approximately 300 MB each to allow the operating systems for the hyperV2, server2 and exch2.
There are four two TB drives that are configured raid 10 to give a total of 3723 GB of space which is partitioned at two 1861 MB partitions for a data drive for server2 and exch2 on hyperV2.
The partitioning was done from computer management on HyperV2.
The virtual drives were created in settings in HyperV2 for server2 and exch2. The operating systems were installed on the respective drives.
In a similar manner, the four terabyte drives were configured as raid 10. Then in computer management of hyperV2, the disc1[total size of 3812 GB partitioned into a 2836 GB and a 887 GB partition]. The 2836 GB partition is S2DATA. It is showing as only having 36% free space or that 1807 GB are used [see attachment computer management hyperV2]
The virtual drive DATA(F) was created in the hyper V manager and was given a location to be S2DATA. The actual data on the drive is 280 GB.
It would appear that by initializing the drive from the hyperV2 location and partitioning the drive, then creating a virtual drive from within the Hyper V manager, that I have doubled up on using the space.
How can I fix this?
computer-management-hyperV2.jpg
Explorer-view-on-server2.jpg
ASKER
I have mislead you in my question. The drives were set to raid 10 in hardware prior to any operating systems being installed.
I guess I am missing the best method to create the virtual drives.
Would I just initialize the resultant [disk1] and then create the virtual drives in that space?
I guess I am missing the best method to create the virtual drives.
Would I just initialize the resultant [disk1] and then create the virtual drives in that space?
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Thanks
You should have 2 logical drives presented to the host operating system
1x 1TB and 1 x 3.724 TB
Partitioning the 1TB array into 3 separate drives really has no real purpose, I would have put the virtual OS drives on the RAID10 (since you get 4x read /2 x write vs 2 x read 1 x write performance) the same as their data. I would not be using physical drives but virtual drives (vhd/vhdx)