Server 2012 - Partition Issues
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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.
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
@scottalanmiller said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
Did you delete the other one first?
Yes, that's how I had unallocated space
You deleted all partitions there or just some?
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@dafyre said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
@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.
That's what I was thinking.
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@scottalanmiller Just the 63.95GB one.
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
@scottalanmiller Just the 63.95GB one.
That's the only one deleted, or left?
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@scottalanmiller deleted.
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
@scottalanmiller deleted.
I wonder if that failed somehow.
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Part of the problem is the free space was on the front of the drive, so it couldn't really extend the drive...
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I was hoping it was smart, and could just extend out to the front of the front, but clearly not
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So I am thinking this is the only way to fix this:
- Add a third drive in VMware, thin provisioned , 1TB.
- Make it E: or whatever.
- Copy folders one by one from *D: to E:
I don't think I want to keep the data on this drive (spanned, or whatever it is)
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
Part of the problem is the free space was on the front of the drive, so it couldn't really extend the drive...
Oh right, of course, I knew that that was an issue but didn't think about it. It can't do that because of the ToC. So it had to span instead of traditional extension.
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
So I am thinking this is the only way to fix this:
- Add a third drive in VMware, thin partitioned, 1TB.
- Make it E: or whatever.
- Copy folders one by one from *D: to E:
I don't think I want to keep the data on this drive (spanned, or whatever it is)
It's not THAT bad. Ideal? No. Horrible? No.
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
I was hoping it was smart, and could just extend out to the front of the front, but clearly not
That's a big ask for Microsoft's disk management
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This really isn't that big a deal. It's one of the reason LVM (and by extension Dynamic Volumes) exists. Does it look pretty in Disk Manager? No. Does it affect the functionality or use of the drive? No.
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@coliver @scottalanmiller would you fix it or just leave it as it was?
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
@coliver @scottalanmiller would you fix it or just leave it as it was?
I don't think it's really something to fix. I would probably just leave it.
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@aaronstuder said in Server 2012 - Partition Issues:
@coliver @scottalanmiller would you fix it or just leave it as it was?
I'd leave it. Very minor issue. Now that we have identified it.
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The problem is that it is dynamic. I'm betting dynamic disks expand like this instead of changing the partition table, should be safer then expanding the drive and changing the table.
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Non-dynamic disks can't do it either. They'd just be unable to cope.
