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February 10th, 2010 05:00
Perc 6/i setup help...repartition and management software.
Two questions:
1) How can I resize a partition on a perc6/i controller on a windows 2003 storage server WITHOUT a re-format using FREE or low cost software??
I have a 12 gig C:\ partition that I have inherited.
Need to increase it.
2) What is the management monitor software for this? MegaRAID? LSI?
Thanks in advance.
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February 10th, 2010 07:00
Check disk management and verify what the disk size is and what the partition layout is.
If your (virtual) disk is 12GB, you're looking at a backup and restore job.
However, if your disk is larger, but it has just been partitioned (into a C-drive of 12GB and maybe the leftover as the D-drive or so), you have some options.
To resize a partition, you need free space right next to that partition (unless you go dynamic disk, but I'd highly recommend against using dynamic disk).
So, assuming you do have 1 (virtual) disk that is partitioned into a C-drive of 12GB and then a D-drive (or whatever drive letter), you have a free option that requires deleting that 2nd partition (so any data on there needs backing up (to tape, usb drive, or wherever you have space), or you can purchase a partition manager (e.g. Acronis Disk Director or EaseUS Partition Manager). The partition manager applications allow you to shrink the D-drive (on the 'left' side) and then extend your C-drive (read their manuals on how to do this). The free option means that after you delete the D-drive (partition), you go to support.dell.com, do a search for extpart.exe, go to the downloads option (it finds some hits on the message board and then 1 hit in downloads). You download this and extract the contents (it's a 16-bit dos-self-extracting zip file, so if you're using x64 2003, extract/run it on a 32-bit desktop and then copy the extracted files to the 2003 server). In a dos-window, you do a "extpart c: 8192" to add 8GB to the C-drive. If you want more than 8GB added, figure out the size you want to add in MB's and replace the 8192 with that number.