Dwayne Upson
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SBS 2011
SBS 2011 VM was created on Server 2008r2 (not sure if relevant)
When server was created it had 8 1.8gb HD all Raid 1
I moved the VM to server 2012 hyper-v with raid 1 + 10 (os on raid 1) 10 for Data
Since the original server was built with 4 separate .vhd files I kept them separate when I moved, but all reside on raid 10 partition.
I edited one of the drives (called Scanner) and took it from 1.8 to 3tb.
When I go login to Disk Management in SBS2011, I can not extend the partition to 3tb.
I tried to create a new disk in hyper-v, max size is 2048.
We need this drive to be larger than 2tb.
What can i do?
Thanks,
When server was created it had 8 1.8gb HD all Raid 1
I moved the VM to server 2012 hyper-v with raid 1 + 10 (os on raid 1) 10 for Data
Since the original server was built with 4 separate .vhd files I kept them separate when I moved, but all reside on raid 10 partition.
I edited one of the drives (called Scanner) and took it from 1.8 to 3tb.
When I go login to Disk Management in SBS2011, I can not extend the partition to 3tb.
I tried to create a new disk in hyper-v, max size is 2048.
We need this drive to be larger than 2tb.
What can i do?
Thanks,
Rob Williams
.vhd disks have a maximum size of 2048 GB. If you convert the disk to .vhdx before expanding, you can go up to 64 TB. This is new to Hyper-V 2012 / 2012 R2. Chose the "Edit disk" option in Hyper-v console, then "convert".
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Shoot, I missed that detail in my original post.
I have already converted to .vhdx and I was able to expand to 3tb, but when I log into the SBS Disk Management I can see the added space, I just cant do anything with it. I can not expand past 2tb.
thanks,
I have already converted to .vhdx and I was able to expand to 3tb, but when I log into the SBS Disk Management I can see the added space, I just cant do anything with it. I can not expand past 2tb.
thanks,
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Thanks for the link.
To make sure I understand this correctly.
Option 1: I can convert to dynamic disk, then create another partition of unused space. Then join both partitions to make a spanned partition? Do i lost Data when converting to dynamic disk?
Option 2: Backup data, delete current partition from Disk Management, then configure the drive with GPT when creating new partition?
Data will be lost and have to be restored from backup.
To make sure I understand this correctly.
Option 1: I can convert to dynamic disk, then create another partition of unused space. Then join both partitions to make a spanned partition? Do i lost Data when converting to dynamic disk?
Option 2: Backup data, delete current partition from Disk Management, then configure the drive with GPT when creating new partition?
Data will be lost and have to be restored from backup.
Option 1: You "shouldn't" loose any data, but of course back it up first to make sure. I am assuming this is a data disk and does not contain the O/S? If an O/S there are special steps to take. Also you should unmount the disk first to preserve previous versions / shadow copies. Once converted to dynamic, you cannot reverse the process.
Option 2: Correct.
Option 2: Correct.
ps: It would be good to read this article on converting before doing so. And, backup, backup, backup :-)
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731274(v=ws.11).aspx
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731274(v=ws.11).aspx