Loss of confusion concerning the data on the virtual disk in VMWare

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• VMware Tools: Shrinkage of the virtual disks - what is - this intended?

  Hello

  Maybe I'm missing something, but what is the "Reduction of the virtual disks' in VMware Tools used for?  It seems to me that 'reduce the virtual disks' is the only thing that it does not.

  I have a virtual disk in a virtual machine with Windows 2003 Std x 64.  A 'volume' (a partition on a dynamic disk) disk occupies 10 GB on a virtual disk.  The rest of the space on the virtual disk is not assigned.  I want to "shrink" the virtual disk to recover the unallocated space.  But the function "reduce virtual disks" VMware Tools seems to allow me only to "shrink" the disk volume or partition.  I want to reduce the virtual disk.

  What Miss me?

  Thank you.

  Your best best for shrink disk is to use VMware vCenter Converter.  The fret is more than one optimization tool, a bit like a Defrag tool, but will not reduce the size of the disk of the virtual computer.

  Here is a good article

  http://www.RTFM-ed.co.UK/?p=40

• How to read the data written to the virtual disk

  I use the following VDDK function to read the Flash disk from VMware

  http://bigchainring.kicks-ass.NET/functions/VixDiskLib_Read.html

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  VMware vSphere API queryChangedDiskAreas() can be used to obtain the data blocks in the virtual disk.

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• After the Virtual Machine is hot migrated lose the reference to the virtual computer object (VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine)

  Hello

  In my VB.Net application, I retrieve the virtual computer object (VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine) through scripting Powershell VI.

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  How can I get my hands on the virtual computer object or update after migration to another host takes place. I have to get it back again? It would be great if I could do it somhow with information from moref I hold the event!

  Any help is appreciated!

  Concerning

  Manfred

  Sorry, but I can only show you how to do this in PowerShell.

  I use the purpose of the task to get to the prompt MoRef.

  Here's how:

  $vmName = 
  $tgtHost = 
  $tgtPool = 
  
  $vm = Get-VM $vmName | Get-View
  $poolMoRef = (Get-ResourcePool $tgtPool | Get-View).MoRef
  $esxMoRef = (Get-VMHost $tgtHost | Get-View).MoRef
  
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  }
  
  $vmImpl = Get-VIObjectByVIView -MORef $task.Info.Entity
  

  I don't know how you get at the VmMigratedEvent event, but the MoRef in there is pointing to the correct prompt.

  In the following script, I extracted all the events related to the task of vMigrate immediately after the vMigrate task finished

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       param($event)
  
       $MoRef = New-Object VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference
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       $MoRef.Value = $event.vm.vm.Value
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       Write-Host $vm.Name
  }
  
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                 $eventType
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            }
            "VmEmigratingEvent"{
                 $eventType
                 Print-VmName $event
            }
            "VmBeingHotMigratedEvent" {
                 $eventType
                 Print-VmName $event
            }
            "TaskEvent" {
                 $eventType
                 Print-VmName $event
            }
       }
  }
  

• Script to export the virtual disk information in a specific format

  Hi all

  First too all the Scripting Guys who I borrowed the code here, thank you!

  Now, I was able to get all the information I want vcenter but I have problems with two of the scripts I wrote.  It is with regard to obtaining information on the virtual disks associated with all virtual machines in the environment.

  I was able to export the data, but I get a line by VM that does not work for the way in which we want to use the data.

  What I am looking for is a csv export with one line per virtual machine that looks like:

  VM number 1, hard disk number 1 name number 1 datastore, path of vmdk number 1 hd, hd number 1 capactity, number 1 hd, hard drive controller number 2 name,... up to 7

  name of number 2 VM...

  Thank you!

  Alec

  OK, I see what happened.

  The 2nd block is to create empty properties in the object.

  The value should be $null like this

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  $report  | Export-Csv -path virtual_disks2.csv -notype
  

• Please help: the virtual disk parent has changed...

  After a few days of research about this error, I decided that I had to ask for some evidence of your experts to help me recover from this error.

  Thank you!

  It is a small desktop application:

  -Dell T410 esxi Server 5

  -a virtual machine, Windows Server 2003 with 2 discs, no fixed size

  I was help this office by managing services and updates on this Server 2003.  I ran updates on Friday and restarted.  When he came I open vSphere and found the virtual machine does not.  I tried to start it and got the error.  So, it seems I may have the CID issue that needs to be corrected.

  I don't have a direct access to this server so I'm remoting with RDS on 2003 VM server and vSphere on the esxi.  Did I make the right diagnosis and is it possible for me to make the necessary corrections to distance or I need direct access to the server?  Everything I've read has files of people editing CID numbers and it seems that they directly access the esxi server.

  Shows the data store:

  hard 'server '.

  hard 'server_1.

  'server' - 000001.vmdk

  "server_1" - 000001.vmdk

  'server' - snapshot1.vmsn

  I stuck a few newspapers below...

  DISC: Scsi0:0 [OPEN ' / vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server-000001.vmdk' persistent R]
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.022Z | VMX | DISKLIB-VMFS: ' / vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server-000001-delta.vmdk ': open with success (10) size = 5620404224, hd = 213826. Type 8
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.022Z | VMX | DISKLIB-DSCPTR: open [0]: "Server-000001 - delta.vmdk ' (0xa)
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.022Z | VMX | DISKLIB-LINK: open ' / vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server-000001.vmdk' (0xa): vmfsSparse, 35526656 sectors / 16.9 GB.
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | DISKLIB-VMFS: ' / vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server-flat.vmdk ': open with success (14) size = 18189647872, hd = 181059. Type 3
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | DISKLIB-DSCPTR: open [0]: 'server - flat hard' (0xe)
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | DISKLIB-LINK: open ' / vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server.vmdk' (0xe): vmfs, 35526656 sectors / 16.9 GB.
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | DISKLIB LINK: DiskLinkIsAttachPossible: incompatibility of the content ID (parentCID f72e60c7! = f05537b3) /vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server-000001.vmdk vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server.vmdk.
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | DISKLIB-STRING: ' / vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server.vmdk ': cannot open (the virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created.) The content of the virtual disk ID parent does not match the ID of parent for children's content).
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | DISKLIB-VMFS: ' / vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server-000001-delta.vmdk ': closed.
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | DISKLIB-VMFS: ' / vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server-flat.vmdk ': closed.
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | DISKLIB-LIB: can't open ' / vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server-000001.vmdk' with the virtual disk 0xa flags parent has changed since the child was created. The content of the virtual disk ID parent does not match the ID of parent for children (18) content.
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | DRIVE: Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server-000001.vmdk ': the virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created. The content of the virtual disk ID parent does not match the ID of parent for children (18) content.
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | Msg_Post: error
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | [msg.disk.noBackEnd] unable to open drive ' / vmfs/volumes/4f4781a4-15d3bbb8-2681-782bcb6a6964/server/server-000001.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX | [msg.disk.configureDiskError] reason: the virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created. The content of the virtual disk ID parent does not match the ID of parent matching the child content.
  2012-08 - 05T 20: 00:06.035Z | VMX |

  Thanks again for any direction you can provide!

  / r

  John

  The parentCID of the snapshot must match the CID from its parent, as shown in the log file

  "... The content ID mismatch (parentCID f72e60c7! = f05537b3)... »

  Server.VMDK

  CID = f05537b3
  parentCID = ffffffff

  Server - 000001.vmdk

  CID = a2b9ba8b
  parentCID = f72e60c7---> f05537b3

  Make sure you change the file on the host using the vi editor or - if you want to change the file in Windows - use an editor who is aware of the line breaks Unix (do not use Notepad!)

  Once this is done, I highly recommend that you take another cliché before you on the virtual computer. This prevents existing virtual disk files to be modified, so that you can return to this State where you need. After that everything works as expected, consider deleting all snapshots.

  André

• The virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created

  Hi all, need your help with this one.

  I deleted two snapshots and now I can not start the virtual machine.

  Get the following error:

  Reason: The virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created.
  Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/4c483d34-a8c778c4-46a5-001cc460f09e/WEBPDXXXY/WEBPDXXXY_1-000003.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  I tried that link but still did not work KB: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 1007969

  I can still see the WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000003.vmdk, WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000002.vmdk and WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000001.vmdk when I browse the data store.

  WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000003.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile
  version = 1
  Encoding = 'UTF-8 '.
  CID = 59fab513
  parentCID = a4a63bd5
  isNativeSnapshot = 'no '.
  createType = "vmfsSparse."
  parentFileNameHint = "WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000002.vmdk".
  # Description of the measure
  RW 157286400 VMFSSPARSE ' WEBPDWEBPDXXXY_1-000003 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk
  #DDB

  WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000002.vmdk
  # Disk DescriptorFile
  version = 1
  Encoding = 'UTF-8 '.
  CID = a4a63bd5
  parentCID = 0f8995f3
  isNativeSnapshot = 'no '.
  createType = "vmfsSparse."
  parentFileNameHint = "WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000001.vmdk".
  # Description of the measure
  RW 157286400 VMFSSPARSE ' WEBPDXXXY_1-000002 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk
  #DDB

  DDB. Deletable = 'true '.
  ddb.longContentID = "ab1b7008e386c884ae920930a4a63bd5".

  WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000001.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile
  version = 1
  Encoding = 'UTF-8 '.
  CID = 0f8995f3
  parentCID = 926f96fa
  isNativeSnapshot = 'no '.
  createType = "vmfsSparse."
  parentFileNameHint = "WEBPDXXXY_1.vmdk".
  # Description of the measure
  RW 157286400 VMFSSPARSE ' WEBPDXXXY_1-000001 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk
  #DDB

  ddb.longContentID = "0336846d9f849b4b97ad028f0f8995f3".
  DDB. Deletable = 'true '.

  WEBPDXXXY_1.VMDK

  # Disk DescriptorFile
  version = 1
  Encoding = 'UTF-8 '.

  CID = 926f96fa

  parentCID = ffffffff
  isNativeSnapshot = 'no '.
  createType = "vmfsRawDeviceMap."

  # Description of the measure
  RW 209715200 VMFSRDM ' WEBPDXXXY_1 - rdm.vmdk '.

  # The database disk
  #DDB

  ddb.toolsVersion = "8295.
  ddb.adapterType = "free".
  DDB. Geometry.sectors = "63".
  DDB. Geometry.Heads = "255".
  DDB. Geometry.Cylinders = "13054.
  DDB. UUID = "60 00 C2 92 41 62 5 d 8f-10 59 12 60 53 0 to a8 94.
  ddb.longContentID = "b204c5bc523bbc83c01dd3ed926f96fa".
  ddb.virtualHWVersion = "7".
  DDB. Deletable = 'true '.

  Is there a chance to run ls-lisa from the command line (SSH) in the virtual machine folder and provide the output!

  I ask because I'm a little worried about the timestamp of the hard (May 2011). Depending on the size of the files in the snapshot, it seems that the second virtual disk is not really used by the guest operating system and we could come back manually (by editing the .vmx file) on the resized basic disk (100 GB compared to 75 GB for snapshots) without losing important data!

  If you want to revert manually,

  • delete the virtual machine of the inventory
  • backup and then edit the .vmx file (replace "WEBPDMAPPD_1 - 000003.vmdk" with "WEBPDMAPPD_1.vmdk")
  • Move 3 snapshots in a directory temporary sub
  • Add the virtual machine to inventory
  • create a new snapshot to prevent the current hard files to be modified
  • Turn on the virtual machine

  If everything works as expected, you can delete the snapshot files moved and remove the snapshot created in the Snapshot Manager again.

  André

• The virtual disk is either corrupt or not a format supported.

  We have a 2008 R2 SP1 VM Datacenter we cannot snapshot.

  A manual snapshot of in the Client vSphere indicates the following in the tasks and events:

  The virtual disk is either corrupt or not a format supported.

  Our NetBackup software is automatic snapshots for VM backups and generates these three errors in the tasks and events:

  Cannot run a snapshot operation
  

  Operation timed out
  

  A general error occurred: VMX protocol error.

  The virtual machine has two virtual disks:

  [vmds-standard: (1) default] outhostname/ourhostname - 000001.vmdk

  [vmds-standard: (1) default] outhostname/outhostname_1 - 000001.vmdk

  Virtual disk files seem to be the usual file names. Instead, they resemble snapshot files or something similar.

  I don't know what is happening. Can anyone help?

  The file names are correct, since there is an active snapshot on the virtual computer. I found a few entries in the log file that we/you can see:

  08:01:25.543 Mar 23: vmx | DICT scsi0:2.deviceType = scsi-disk hard
  08:01:25.543 Mar 23: vmx | DICT scsi0:3.deviceType = scsi-disk hard

  There are some entries of old/orphaned for already deleted virtual disks! However, it should ask the question.

  21:13:06.212 25 March: vmx | In SUMMARY: SnapshotBranch failed: changes, followed by target file already exists (5).

  That's what I think is related to the question. For me, it looks like a problem once with block change tracking, which may have left orphans. What I would do, is first of all to delete all the .ctk files in the folder of the virtual machine on the data store (they will be recreated, only the next incremental/differential backup will take more time). If this is not enough, you can try to disable - at least temporarily - CBT for the virtual machine or remove the virtual machine to inventory, delete the .ctk files and then add it to the inventory...

  André

• Performance of the virtual disks

  Hello!

  Two questions

  1 - it there really a big difference in the performance of the discs thin vs thin discs? one of my friends said slim is slower because he may need more and this growing each time may reduce the speed and performance. is this really?

  2. I get no difference between the discs of updated zero lazy-reset and greedy. that means for the impatient..., are the blocks are written by 0 at the beginning?

  There are a few blocks in the disc ok? then, what is the point to write zero in each of them and then change the exact data we want to be on that block? (maybe there is 1 maybe 0)

  Thank you very much

  So I will use zero - eager to drive thick for my server files (300 users and millions of files) and lazy zero for databases and thin for operating systems and machines at low load of I/O and small changes

  I recommend thick eager-reset to zero especially for databases. It can depend on the workload, however, there are various tutorials for how to configure databases. MS - SQL I usually create virtual discs eager-reset to zero and follow the best spirit of practice of MS formatting NTFS with a 64 KB Cluster size. Where the OS is Windows 2003, don't forget to align the partition! For more information, see Disk Partition alignment Best Practices for SQL Server

  Since, as you have discovered - reset is required will certainly benefit you eager-reset of the virtual disks.

  When you use thin disks, make sure you have the alarms in place to avoid the problems of out-of-space drive!

  André

• What is the right way to expand the virtual disk and then the OS partition?

  I have a Windows XP operating system in a virtual machine VMware.  I have

  you want to increase the size of the hard drive.  It currently has a 50 GB

  partition on a 50 GB VHD.  I increase the size of the

  50 GB to 100 GB in VMware virtual hard drive.  Then, can I use

  Windows disk management to increase the size of my partition of the

  side OS to use all the 100GB he sees now?  Or will

  corrupt my data or cause a problem as I really need to

  use a third party tool like EAUSUS inside Windows to extend Windows

  on the size of the virtual hard disk?

  In fact the way you describe, resize the virtual disk and then developing the partition are the way to go. But there are some things that you should be

  aware of.

  -If the VHD is on an IDE controller, you may not be able to resize the virtual disk. In this case use the converter. With the converter, you can resize the disk including the partition and - if desired - replace the IDE controller by a SCSI controller.

  -If you have only one partition under XP (that is, drive c :)) you cannot extend the partition with the diskmanager/diskpart. In this case, start your virtual machine from a CD/DVD Vista/Windows 7 in Repair Mode, open a command line and use "diskpart" from there to "extend" your partition.

  André

• the virtual disk parent changed

  I just did something really stupid and hope someone here could help me...

  I have a virtual host named dev4, that has a snapshot created a year ago.  It has several virtual disks, one of them is dev4 - 000001.vmdk, who has a parent disk dev4.vmdk.

  Today I come to create a new virtual machine named dev5.   My intention was to disparage dev4 and use dev5 moving forward, so I want all my data in the virtual disks of dev4 is available in dev5.

  Now, it's the stupid part.  I added two dev4 - 000001.vmdk and dev4.vmdk (one at a time) to the new machine virtual (dev5) and mounted to them (I was running Fedora in two virtual machines).    It's really successful, but then I can't repeat this process and dev4 won't boot either.  "I got the error message was.

  Details: Cannot open the disc "C:\Virtual Machines\dev4\dev4-000001.vmdk" or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  Reason: The virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created.

  "

  Apparently the action to add the dev4.vmdk drive to dev5 or mount in dev5 led her to change.  I have a lot of data in dev4 - 000001.vmdk which are not saved.  Is it possible I could get these restored data?  Right now I can not open this vmdk due the above error.    Any help would be much appreciated!

  Sorry Peter - I guess I was kinda hard...

  It's just that in so many cases users who have encountered a problem with the snapshots do themselves more damage by acting in quick.

  Please read my full vmdk-manual so that you are better prepared next time.

  And now - please read this

  http://sanbarrow.com/VMDK-HOWTOs.html#editvmdk

  We will need it then

  _________________________

  VMX-settings- WS FAQ -[MOAcd | http://sanbarrow.com/moa241.html]- VMDK-manual

• Resize and repartition the virtual disk

  Hi all

  I'm under ESXi 4 Update 1 with a 1.6 to RAID 5, which is currently all dedicated to a machine virtual storage (it has no partition system on it, just the files). It currently has two partitions: a partition of 1.1 TB for files and a 500 GB partition with the old backups.

  What I want to do is to delete the partition of 500 GB, give 400GO of it to 1.1 TB partition and then resize the virtual disk so that there are 100GB left in the data store that I can attribute to another virtual machine.

  Who is? I searched, but never found any concrete answer on the subject and don't want to risk losing data to fumble with the controls.

  Thanks for any help.

  OK, now I understand your conifugration.

  You can't reach your end goal without going through a temporary storage in the Middle, like a usb orrr additiiiional on a San disk storage space or the local disk

  (1) create a vmfs on extra storage temp

  (2) use the vmware converter to clone your SBS installation to a new server with the correct (1.5 TB) disk size on the vmfs temp

  (3) delete your source VM

  (4) move the vm cloned to original VMFS

  BTW: it is not a good idea to have a 1.5 TB LUN/VMFS filled 1/2 virtual machines using the entire VMFS TB 1.5: you have no place for the exchange of memory (if needded) and for snapshots. Please allow more space on the VMFS for such tasks. Rule formula says (((maxVMs * avgSize) + 20%) + total vRAM)

• RAW device to the virtual disk migration

  When trying to cold migrate a raw disk device VM of EVA Storage to a virtual disk in a DS8100 it fails with the following message: "incompatible device backup specified for device ´0´" the size of the LUN is Go 510 and appaers message when 100% is full 3 hours laters. I set the block size 2 Mb in the data store, but when I try to migrate a RAw of 100 GB on the same VM migration works very well and I use the new virtual disk without problems.

  This could be a problem with the maximum of storage migration?

  Could you tell me if you know another way to migrate this raw device on the virtual disk?

  TKS!

  Have you tried VMware Converter inside the guest who has the backend RDM?

  Jase McCarty

  http://www.jasemccarty.com

  Co-author of VMware ESX Essentials in the virtual data center

  (ISBN:1420070274) Auerbach

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• How to resize the size of the virtual disk for Linux guest OS

  Hello

  I installed VMWare WS 6.5 on my host OS (Vista) and have created a guest VM with RedHat like OS.  When creating, I've specified to create a virtual disk with a size of 8 GB, but have not selected the option of immediate creation - it being understood that VM is assigned additional as needed.  But now, on the comments and space use is 100%.  How can I allocate extra space for the virtual machine?  Also, is it possible to go beyond 8 GB, if so how.

  Enjoy your time, help.

  Concerning

  VMware-vdiskmanager allows to extend the virtual disk and use a third-party utility to extend the partition of guest operating system after having developed the virtual disk.

  Make a backup of your virtual machine before you do anything and you ensure that you don't have any snapshots

• Reconfigure the virtual disk using OpenManage of RAID 0, RAID-5

  I apologize for the spacing.  I'm having a little wrong with this forum edit my post.

  My small business has had a T610 run for a few years with the following configuration:

  T610 Server

  PERC 6 / i controller

  4 physical disk 1 TB

  Virtual disk 0 size 1 800 GB RAID - 5

  Size of the virtual disk 1 992 GB RAID - 5

  Virtual Disk 1 was running Exchange and everything else on VD 0.

  Last weekend, I had a breakdown of table flat due to the failure of a damaged drive on Windows SBS 2008, who couldn't recover. When I contacted support Pro and got a new drive, I was told not to recreate the same virtual drives and use one.

  The local tech and I have been quite underlined and used the Perc 6 / I BIOS to recreate the exact configuration. Then, we had to use Backup Exec 2010 to restore the data. Somehow, we have selected by mistake instead of RAID 5 RAID-0 on recreation of the two virtual disks.

  So now, I have the following configuration in OpenManage:

  Virtual disk 0 size 1 800 GB RAID - 0

  Size of the virtual disk 1 992 GB RAID - 0

  I called Dell and gave instructions in OpenManage on how to reconfigure a virtual disk by adding a physical drive and conversion to RAID-5. My problem is reconfigure is not an option in the dropdown menu, I am told, because I have two virtual disks that have stripes.

  I have the ability to drive to go to 1 single virtual disk, given only Exchange is on the second and I can move, then unmold Virtual Disk 1. So my plan is:

  Full backup tape.

  Move Exchange off the drive sitting in virtual disk 1 to disk on virtual disk 0.

  Remove the virtual disk 1.

  Add a 5th physical HD.

  I hope at this point OpenManage will then give me the option in the drop-down list to reconfigure Virtual Disk 0.

  The option to Reconfigure in OpenManage will appear after that he sees only 1 virtual disk?

  Hello

  KRoy66

  The option to Reconfigure in OpenManage will appear after that he sees only 1 virtual disk?

  Yes, the ability to reconfigure should be available as soon as you remove the second table off readers. Technicians are you talked with correct you cannot reconfigure a table in slices.

  I know that you went through the entire process of relocation and restoration of backup, but it is preferable that do you it again. Let me explain why your table has been configured in this way, and why you may need to reinstall again.

  There are limits on the partition. To create a partition more of 2 TB, it must be TPG. In order to boot the system from a partition GPT Board must be set to UEFI mode. The problem you will encounter when trying to create a large RAID 5 is that you will not be able to use more than 2 TB of it. You create a new table in slices to use the extra space.

  If the system card is already set to UEFI mode then you should be able to convert the GPT partition and expand to necessary to hold account space. If you have installed the operating system with the system of administration established on the MBR can change in UEFI and conversion of GPT likely to cause BONE to be unstable if you are able to boot on it at all.

  I think you need to save yourself a lot of hassle and do this upgraded correctly. I know it will be a lot more time to restart, but you should set the UEFI boot mode, remove the two RAID 0, create the new large RAID 5, reinstall the OS and then restore the backup.

  Do it right now probably will save you a lot of time.

  Thank you