Use the following procedure to ensure that an increase in the logical drive capacity of a standard logical drive is recognized by a host running Windows NT.
If an increase in capacity for a standard logical drive is performed, the host will not immediately recognize the increase in logical drive capacity.
Important: The standard logical drive must be recognized as an extended partition logical drive. Consult your operating system user documentation for more information on extended partition logical drives.
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Open the Disk Administrator
Result: The Disk Administrator window is displayed with a graphical representation of all the physical disks connected to the host, together with their partitions. |
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Confirm that the disk having its capacity expanded has an extended partition on it. For more information on extended partitions, refer to your operating system user documentation. |
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Start the storage management software. Result: The Enterprise Management Window is displayed. |
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Launch an Subsystem Management Window using one of the following methods:
Result: The Subsystem Management Window is opened in a separate window. |
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Within the Logical View of the Subsystem Management Window, select a standard logical drive and increase its capacity using unconfigured in the form of free capacity, or unused drive. Increase the capacity of the standard logical drive using one of the following methods:
Note: Wait until the initial increase in logical drive capacity is completed in the Logical View. Once the increased capacity is displayed for the selected logical drive, continue to the next step. |
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While the underlying disk has been expanded, the associated filesystem also needs to be expanded. To expand the filesystem, open Disk Administrator and complete the following steps.
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Close all applications and reboot the host operating system.
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Open Disk Administrator, and check that the specified increase was successfully completed. Note: Two disk partitions will be displayed in Disk Administrator, representing the original filesystem size and the size the filesystem was expanded to. Windows NT will typically display an increase in filesystem size in this manner. |
Increase Logical Drive Capacity: Additional Instructions