To further that point, MS doesn't support Dynamic Disks on iSCSI.
SnapDrive makes a call to expand the LUN on the filer, then calls the VDS\LDM service to expand the partition. You can use diskpart to do this manually as well. This works well with Basic Disks and SnapDrive doesn't support Dynamic Disks either.
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From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of tmac Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:32 AM To: Paul Keating Cc: Miller, Michael CTR USTRANSCOM J2; NetApp list Subject: Re: Expand LUN for Exch data
Unless something has changed, I do not think SnapDrive supports Dynamic disks...only Basic (like I said though, this may have changed somewhere in 4.x or even 5.0)
--tmac
On Dec 27, 2007 9:17 AM, Paul Keating < pkeating@bank-banque-canada.ca> wrote:
Apologies.
I took word from a MS admin as fact. Just did some research myself and determined myself (and hence the afore mentioned admin) to be wrong.
Paul --
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Keating
Sent: December 27, 2007 9:12 AM To: 'Miller, Michael CTR USTRANSCOM J2'; NetApp list Subject: RE: Expand LUN for Exch data
Interesting.
Can you post your process and config (version of win/exc, etc)??
Thanks, Paul
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-----Original Message----- From: Miller, Michael CTR USTRANSCOM J2 [mailto:michael.miller.ctr@ustranscom.mil] Sent: December 27, 2007 9:06 AM To: Paul Keating; Glenn Walker; Learmonth, Peter; Johnson, James A [HDS]; Kevin Parker; NetApp list Subject: RE: Expand LUN for Exch data
This might be true for a normal Windows disk. My LUNs are marked as 'Basic' within the Computer Management MMC and I have never changed this to expand the volume.
Mike Miller General Dynamics Information Technology Michael.Miller@gdit.com
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Keating [mailto: pkeating@bank-banque-canada.ca mailto:pkeating@bank-banque-canada.ca ] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 7:59 AM To: Glenn Walker; Learmonth, Peter; Johnson, James A [HDS]; Miller, Michael CTR USTRANSCOM J2; Kevin Parker; NetApp list Subject: RE: Expand LUN for Exch data
you have to have configured your volumes as "dynamic disks" in Windows first, however.
you cannot expand "basic disks" on the fly.
Paul
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-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com[mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Walker Sent: December 24, 2007 9:32 PM To: Learmonth, Peter; Johnson, James A [HDS]; Miller, Michael CTR USTRANSCOM J2; Kevin Parker; NetApp list Subject: RE: Expand LUN for Exch data
We use this quite frequently for our Public Folderstores. Works like a champ.
From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com[mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Learmonth, Peter Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 5:27 PM To: Johnson, James A [HDS]; Miller, Michael CTR USTRANSCOM J2; Kevin Parker; NetApp list Subject: RE: Expand LUN for Exch data
SnapDrive makes an API call to expand the NTFSpartition and file system within it. (It grows the LUN first.) This can be done with Exchange running. We demo this all the time.
Happy holidays!! Share and Enjoy! Peter ... Sent from one of those phone+email doohicky things... I reserve the right to be wrong. -----Original Message----- From: Johnson, James A [HDS][mailto:James.Johnson8@hdsupply.com] Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 12:52 PM Pacific Standard Time To: Miller, Michael CTR USTRANSCOM J2; Kevin Parker; NetApp list Subject: RE: Expand LUN for Exch data
How would that be possible? James -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com[mailto: owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Miller, Michael CTR USTRANSCOM J2 Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:26 AM To: Kevin Parker; NetApp list Subject: RE: Expand LUN for Exch data
Kevin Yes you can. I have done it a few times already with noproblems.
Mike Miller General Dynamics Information Technology Michael.Miller@gdit.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com[mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Parker Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 8:05 AM To: NetApp list Subject: Expand LUN for Exch data
I'm off network so I can't research this, but want toensure that I can expand a LUN for Exchange on the fly, no downtime. Plan to use SnapDrive 5.0. Volume is already large enough in capacity.
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