Server 2012 - Partition Issues
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@scottalanmiller said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
If you go into the mounted D drive, how big does it say that it is?
I added a picture above ^^^, 899GB
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@scottalanmiller said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
Any downtime options? Like evenings or weekends?
If need be, yes.
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@coliver said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
It's a Dynamic disk which is basically Windows software RAID 0. It shouldn't be showing like that though.
Huh?
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
@scottalanmiller said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
Any downtime options? Like evenings or weekends?
If need be, yes.
Backup, backup, backup!
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@coliver said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
Is that a 2008R2 server or 2012?Sorry didn't see the heading.It's a Dynamic disk which is basically Windows software RAID 0. It shouldn't be showing like that though.
Dynamic Disks is LVM, not RAID.
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@dafyre I have a backup but everything is running fine.....
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
@scottalanmiller said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
Any downtime options? Like evenings or weekends?
If need be, yes.
I'm thinking that you take it down and trying changing the drive letter of the hopefully unused partition to E or F and see what happens.
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@scottalanmiller said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
@coliver said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
Is that a 2008R2 server or 2012?Sorry didn't see the heading.It's a Dynamic disk which is basically Windows software RAID 0. It shouldn't be showing like that though.
Dynamic Disks is LVM, not RAID.
Sorry, you're right LVM.
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It just looks funny, maybe everything is fine, but it looks funny, and that's bugging me.
The full space is available, and the shares are all working perfectly, but I am wondering what the heck it is doing, and what will happen in the future, say if I need to expand the drive again, etc.
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
It just looks funny, maybe everything is fine, but it looks funny, and that's bugging me.
The full space is available, and the shares are all working perfectly, but I am wondering what the heck it is doing, and what will happen in the future, say if I need to expand the drive again, etc.
Maybe you did a span by accident?
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A simple volume is a dynamic volume that is made up of disk space from a single dynamic disk. A simple volume can consist of a single region on a disk or multiple regions of the same disk that are linked together. You can create simple volumes only on dynamic disks.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725610(v=ws.11).aspx
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
A simple volume is a dynamic volume that is made up of disk space from a single dynamic disk. A simple volume can consist of a single region on a disk or multiple regions of the same disk that are linked together. You can create simple volumes only on dynamic disks.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725610(v=ws.11).aspx
Yup, that's basically a generic "how LVMs work" article
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@scottalanmiller said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
Maybe you did a span by accident?
No, I right clicked on the 836.05 GB Partition and Clicked "Extend Volume" then told it to use the unallocated space.
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I have not seen a span in a very long time, but that might be what it looks like.
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
@scottalanmiller said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
Maybe you did a span by accident?
No, I right clicked on the 836.05 GB Partition and Clicked "Extend Volume" then told it to use the unallocated space.
Did you delete the other one first?
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@scottalanmiller said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
Did you delete the other one first?
Yes, that's how I had unallocated space
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@Reid-Cooper said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
I have not seen a span in a very long time, but that might be what it looks like.
I have, and that is indeed what it looks like.
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Kill it with fire
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So it seems like I have multiple regions of the same disk that are linked together
How come I feel bad about this?
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
So it seems like I have multiple regions of the same disk that are linked together
How come I feel bad about this?
That is what is looks like. And that would be a span. But how it got there, no idea.
