The partition I would cut is the OEM partition. I couldn't find clarification on why the partition would have been broken in two, I'm also used to a single System Reserved partition. Removing it should not impact your ability to use the server, and would be the safest to cut.
As for why those two partitions are separate, I'm not sure. I suppose you have a few options though. 1) You can cut the OEM partition and that would meet the 4 partition need, 2) you could delete all the partitions and install cleanly.
Thanks for your reply @Dell-DylanJ. I read in a few places that the OEM partition would be the safest to cut. I appreciate the verification.
From what I read, if I cut the OEM partition it will make factory resets difficult if I ever need to reset the server. I can get around this by requesting recovery media from the OEM or creating my recovery media.
The OEM partition, especially at that size, shouldn't be housing much more than drivers. The servers generally come with OS media, so if you did not receive any, you may consider requesting it. I will say that when working several cases, we wound up in a pinch, and just used the Evaluation media. It worked fine.
Also, if anybody can explain why System and Reserved are separate partitions, I'd love to know the explanation. I am familiar with System Reserved being one partition, not two.
The 128MB "reserved" is an EFI partition, leave that alone or your server won't boot any more. The layout you posted is a standard layout recommended by MS, I think you'd rather pursue your quest with MS and their Azure service that breaks with standard EFI/GPT disk layouts. Sheeeesh, what a junk.
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March 4th, 2019 13:00
Hello,
The partition I would cut is the OEM partition. I couldn't find clarification on why the partition would have been broken in two, I'm also used to a single System Reserved partition. Removing it should not impact your ability to use the server, and would be the safest to cut.
As for why those two partitions are separate, I'm not sure. I suppose you have a few options though. 1) You can cut the OEM partition and that would meet the 4 partition need, 2) you could delete all the partitions and install cleanly.
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March 4th, 2019 14:00
Thanks for your reply @Dell-DylanJ. I read in a few places that the OEM partition would be the safest to cut. I appreciate the verification.
From what I read, if I cut the OEM partition it will make factory resets difficult if I ever need to reset the server. I can get around this by requesting recovery media from the OEM or creating my recovery media.
Dell-DylanJ
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March 4th, 2019 14:00
The OEM partition, especially at that size, shouldn't be housing much more than drivers. The servers generally come with OS media, so if you did not receive any, you may consider requesting it. I will say that when working several cases, we wound up in a pinch, and just used the Evaluation media. It worked fine.
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March 7th, 2019 14:00
The 128MB "reserved" is an EFI partition, leave that alone or your server won't boot any more. The layout you posted is a standard layout recommended by MS, I think you'd rather pursue your quest with MS and their Azure service that breaks with standard EFI/GPT disk layouts. Sheeeesh, what a junk.