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September 30th, 2022 09:00

Adding a 5th MD1200 enclosure

I have an old PowerEdge R510 running Windows 2008R2 and it has 4 MD1200 storage enclosures. We use this server for our auxiliary copy backups. Anyway, I am running out of space and need to expand. I do have the exact same server configuration decommissioned and just sitting in a rack at another location. I am hoping I can just unplug one of the MD1200s that is decommissioned and plug it in as a 5th enclosure on my currently active server. My question is; Once the enclosure is shipped and attached to the active configuration will the storage just appear in Windows 2008r2? And what about the OPENMANAGE SERVER ADMINISTRATOR? Will the new enclosure just appear there after a reboot? I am assuming I will need to run the Virtual Disk Wizard to create virtual disks out of the physical disks. Then go to the Disk Manager in Windows and Format and create a couple extra drives to be used in our backup solution. All advise welcome