DiskPart and Exdending

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I just changed my array to a RAID 5 from RAID 1+0 by adding two more hard
drives to the two I already had. I am using one hard drive as a spare in the
array. I expanded, migrated and extended the array on the physical drives
successfully, and now I have to extend the virtual partition I have on the
Microsoft Server 2003 OS. Disk Management shows C drive with 33.91 GB
capacity with only 2.88 GB free space; E drive (data) with 4 MB capacity and
2 MB free space; and unallocated space of 33.91 GB. I want to extend my
small E drive to include most of the 33.91 GB of unallocated space by using
DiskPart. Below are the commands I entered to do this, but it obviously did
not work. What did I do wrong? I copied and pasted the command prompt
results.

Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>diskpart.exe

Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.3959
Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: SWDC

DISKPART> list volume

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size
Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- ---------
--------
Volume 0 F LACIE USB 2 NTFS Partition 233 GB Healthy
Volume 1 D CD-ROM 0 B
Healthy
Volume 2 C NTFS Partition 34 GB
Healthy System
Volume 3 E Data NTFS Partition 4064 KB
Healthy

DISKPART> select volume 3

Volume 3 is the selected volume.

DISKPART> size=33,800

Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.3959

ADD - Add a mirror to a simple volume.
ACTIVE - Marks the current basic partition as active.
ASSIGN - Assign a drive letter or mount point to the selected volume.
AUTOMOUNT - Enables and disables automatic mounting of basic volumes.
BREAK - Break a mirror set.
CLEAN - Clear the configuration information, or all information, off
the disk.
CONVERT - Converts between different disk formats.
CREATE - Create a volume or partition.
DELETE - Delete an object.
DETAIL - Provide details about an object.
ATTRIBUTES - Manipulate volume attributes.
EXIT - Exit DiskPart
EXTEND - Extend a volume.
GPT - Assigns attributes to the selected GPT partition.
HELP - Prints a list of commands.
IMPORT - Imports a disk group.
INACTIVE - Marks the current basic partition as inactive.
LIST - Prints out a list of objects.
ONLINE - Online a disk that is currently marked as offline.
REM - Does nothing. Used to comment scripts.
REMOVE - Remove a drive letter or mount point assignment.
REPAIR - Repairs a RAID-5 volume with a failed member.
RESCAN - Rescan the computer looking for disks and volumes.
RETAIN - Place a retained partition under a simple volume.
SELECT - Move the focus to an object.
 
Re: DiskPart and Exdending

See the following:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590

Regards,
John

Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner

"rcir88" <rcir88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7EA3145B-5129-4A8E-B70D-118457726D7C@microsoft.com...
> I just changed my array to a RAID 5 from RAID 1+0 by adding two more hard
> drives to the two I already had. I am using one hard drive as a spare in
the
> array. I expanded, migrated and extended the array on the physical drives
> successfully, and now I have to extend the virtual partition I have on the
> Microsoft Server 2003 OS. Disk Management shows C drive with 33.91 GB
> capacity with only 2.88 GB free space; E drive (data) with 4 MB capacity
and
> 2 MB free space; and unallocated space of 33.91 GB. I want to extend my
> small E drive to include most of the 33.91 GB of unallocated space by
using
> DiskPart. Below are the commands I entered to do this, but it obviously
did
> not work. What did I do wrong? I copied and pasted the command prompt
> results.
>
> Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
> (C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>diskpart.exe
>
> Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.3959
> Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Microsoft Corporation.
> On computer: SWDC
>
> DISKPART> list volume
>
> Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type
Size
> Status Info
> ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- ---------
> --------
> Volume 0 F LACIE USB 2 NTFS Partition 233 GB Healthy
> Volume 1 D CD-ROM 0 B
> Healthy
> Volume 2 C NTFS Partition 34
GB
> Healthy System
> Volume 3 E Data NTFS Partition 4064 KB
> Healthy
>
> DISKPART> select volume 3
>
> Volume 3 is the selected volume.
>
> DISKPART> size=33,800
>
> Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.3959
>
> ADD - Add a mirror to a simple volume.
> ACTIVE - Marks the current basic partition as active.
> ASSIGN - Assign a drive letter or mount point to the selected volume.
> AUTOMOUNT - Enables and disables automatic mounting of basic volumes.
> BREAK - Break a mirror set.
> CLEAN - Clear the configuration information, or all information, off
> the disk.
> CONVERT - Converts between different disk formats.
> CREATE - Create a volume or partition.
> DELETE - Delete an object.
> DETAIL - Provide details about an object.
> ATTRIBUTES - Manipulate volume attributes.
> EXIT - Exit DiskPart
> EXTEND - Extend a volume.
> GPT - Assigns attributes to the selected GPT partition.
> HELP - Prints a list of commands.
> IMPORT - Imports a disk group.
> INACTIVE - Marks the current basic partition as inactive.
> LIST - Prints out a list of objects.
> ONLINE - Online a disk that is currently marked as offline.
> REM - Does nothing. Used to comment scripts.
> REMOVE - Remove a drive letter or mount point assignment.
> REPAIR - Repairs a RAID-5 volume with a failed member.
> RESCAN - Rescan the computer looking for disks and volumes.
> RETAIN - Place a retained partition under a simple volume.
> SELECT - Move the focus to an object.
>
>
>
 
Re: DiskPart and Exdending

Thank you, but, if you notice the commands I entered, you'll see I followed
the MS article you cite. One thing I failed to mention, however, is that my
discs are basic type. I may need to convert to dynamic type. The article
states, "For Basic volumes, the unallocated space for the extension must be
the next contiguous space on the same disk." I'm not sure what they mean by
"same disk". This is an RAID 5 environment and though there are three
physical disks, there is only one logical drive on the array.

"John Toner [MVP]" wrote:

> See the following:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner
>
> "rcir88" <rcir88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7EA3145B-5129-4A8E-B70D-118457726D7C@microsoft.com...
> > I just changed my array to a RAID 5 from RAID 1+0 by adding two more hard
> > drives to the two I already had. I am using one hard drive as a spare in
> the
> > array. I expanded, migrated and extended the array on the physical drives
> > successfully, and now I have to extend the virtual partition I have on the
> > Microsoft Server 2003 OS. Disk Management shows C drive with 33.91 GB
> > capacity with only 2.88 GB free space; E drive (data) with 4 MB capacity
> and
> > 2 MB free space; and unallocated space of 33.91 GB. I want to extend my
> > small E drive to include most of the 33.91 GB of unallocated space by
> using
> > DiskPart. Below are the commands I entered to do this, but it obviously
> did
> > not work. What did I do wrong? I copied and pasted the command prompt
> > results.
> >
> > Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
> > (C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
> >
> > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>diskpart.exe
> >
> > Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.3959
> > Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Microsoft Corporation.
> > On computer: SWDC
> >
> > DISKPART> list volume
> >
> > Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type
> Size
> > Status Info
> > ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- ---------
> > --------
> > Volume 0 F LACIE USB 2 NTFS Partition 233 GB Healthy
> > Volume 1 D CD-ROM 0 B
> > Healthy
> > Volume 2 C NTFS Partition 34
> GB
> > Healthy System
> > Volume 3 E Data NTFS Partition 4064 KB
> > Healthy
> >
> > DISKPART> select volume 3
> >
> > Volume 3 is the selected volume.
> >
> > DISKPART> size=33,800
> >
> > Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.3959
> >
> > ADD - Add a mirror to a simple volume.
> > ACTIVE - Marks the current basic partition as active.
> > ASSIGN - Assign a drive letter or mount point to the selected volume.
> > AUTOMOUNT - Enables and disables automatic mounting of basic volumes.
> > BREAK - Break a mirror set.
> > CLEAN - Clear the configuration information, or all information, off
> > the disk.
> > CONVERT - Converts between different disk formats.
> > CREATE - Create a volume or partition.
> > DELETE - Delete an object.
> > DETAIL - Provide details about an object.
> > ATTRIBUTES - Manipulate volume attributes.
> > EXIT - Exit DiskPart
> > EXTEND - Extend a volume.
> > GPT - Assigns attributes to the selected GPT partition.
> > HELP - Prints a list of commands.
> > IMPORT - Imports a disk group.
> > INACTIVE - Marks the current basic partition as inactive.
> > LIST - Prints out a list of objects.
> > ONLINE - Online a disk that is currently marked as offline.
> > REM - Does nothing. Used to comment scripts.
> > REMOVE - Remove a drive letter or mount point assignment.
> > REPAIR - Repairs a RAID-5 volume with a failed member.
> > RESCAN - Rescan the computer looking for disks and volumes.
> > RETAIN - Place a retained partition under a simple volume.
> > SELECT - Move the focus to an object.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
 
Re: DiskPart and Exdending

If extending your filesystem is not done, you might want to use "extend
filesystem" command
Microsoft calls this "undocumented" but it actually documented here ;
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832316

HTH,
Edwin



"rcir88" <rcir88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:66519BA0-0608-4D8C-889B-B762F0672B45@microsoft.com...
> Thank you, but, if you notice the commands I entered, you'll see I
followed
> the MS article you cite. One thing I failed to mention, however, is that
my
> discs are basic type. I may need to convert to dynamic type. The article
> states, "For Basic volumes, the unallocated space for the extension must
be
> the next contiguous space on the same disk." I'm not sure what they mean
by
> "same disk". This is an RAID 5 environment and though there are three
> physical disks, there is only one logical drive on the array.
>
> "John Toner [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > See the following:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590
> >
> > Regards,
> > John
> >
> > Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner
> >
> > "rcir88" <rcir88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7EA3145B-5129-4A8E-B70D-118457726D7C@microsoft.com...
> > > I just changed my array to a RAID 5 from RAID 1+0 by adding two more
hard
> > > drives to the two I already had. I am using one hard drive as a spare
in
> > the
> > > array. I expanded, migrated and extended the array on the physical
drives
> > > successfully, and now I have to extend the virtual partition I have on
the
> > > Microsoft Server 2003 OS. Disk Management shows C drive with 33.91 GB
> > > capacity with only 2.88 GB free space; E drive (data) with 4 MB
capacity
> > and
> > > 2 MB free space; and unallocated space of 33.91 GB. I want to extend
my
> > > small E drive to include most of the 33.91 GB of unallocated space by
> > using
> > > DiskPart. Below are the commands I entered to do this, but it
obviously
> > did
> > > not work. What did I do wrong? I copied and pasted the command
prompt
> > > results.
> > >
> > > Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
> > > (C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
> > >
> > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>diskpart.exe
> > >
> > > Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.3959
> > > Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Microsoft Corporation.
> > > On computer: SWDC
> > >
> > > DISKPART> list volume
> > >
> > > Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type
> > Size
> > > Status Info
> > > ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- ---------
> > > --------
> > > Volume 0 F LACIE USB 2 NTFS Partition 233 GB
Healthy
> > > Volume 1 D CD-ROM
0 B
> > > Healthy
> > > Volume 2 C NTFS Partition
34
> > GB
> > > Healthy System
> > > Volume 3 E Data NTFS Partition 4064
KB
> > > Healthy
> > >
> > > DISKPART> select volume 3
> > >
> > > Volume 3 is the selected volume.
> > >
> > > DISKPART> size=33,800
> > >
> > > Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.3959
> > >
> > > ADD - Add a mirror to a simple volume.
> > > ACTIVE - Marks the current basic partition as active.
> > > ASSIGN - Assign a drive letter or mount point to the selected
volume.
> > > AUTOMOUNT - Enables and disables automatic mounting of basic
volumes.
> > > BREAK - Break a mirror set.
> > > CLEAN - Clear the configuration information, or all information,
off
> > > the disk.
> > > CONVERT - Converts between different disk formats.
> > > CREATE - Create a volume or partition.
> > > DELETE - Delete an object.
> > > DETAIL - Provide details about an object.
> > > ATTRIBUTES - Manipulate volume attributes.
> > > EXIT - Exit DiskPart
> > > EXTEND - Extend a volume.
> > > GPT - Assigns attributes to the selected GPT partition.
> > > HELP - Prints a list of commands.
> > > IMPORT - Imports a disk group.
> > > INACTIVE - Marks the current basic partition as inactive.
> > > LIST - Prints out a list of objects.
> > > ONLINE - Online a disk that is currently marked as offline.
> > > REM - Does nothing. Used to comment scripts.
> > > REMOVE - Remove a drive letter or mount point assignment.
> > > REPAIR - Repairs a RAID-5 volume with a failed member.
> > > RESCAN - Rescan the computer looking for disks and volumes.
> > > RETAIN - Place a retained partition under a simple volume.
> > > SELECT - Move the focus to an object.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
 
Re: DiskPart and Exdending

I did read the steps you used and you're missing the word "extend" from your
"DISKPART> size=33,800" step as it states in 325590. This should be
"DISKPART> extend size=33,800" instead. Just typing size= is a syntax error
and this is why diskpart is spewing out the help page.

Regards,
John

Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner

"rcir88" <rcir88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:66519BA0-0608-4D8C-889B-B762F0672B45@microsoft.com...
> Thank you, but, if you notice the commands I entered, you'll see I
followed
> the MS article you cite. One thing I failed to mention, however, is that
my
> discs are basic type. I may need to convert to dynamic type. The article
> states, "For Basic volumes, the unallocated space for the extension must
be
> the next contiguous space on the same disk." I'm not sure what they mean
by
> "same disk". This is an RAID 5 environment and though there are three
> physical disks, there is only one logical drive on the array.
>
> "John Toner [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > See the following:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590
> >
> > Regards,
> > John
> >
> > Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner
> >
> > "rcir88" <rcir88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7EA3145B-5129-4A8E-B70D-118457726D7C@microsoft.com...
> > > I just changed my array to a RAID 5 from RAID 1+0 by adding two more
hard
> > > drives to the two I already had. I am using one hard drive as a spare
in
> > the
> > > array. I expanded, migrated and extended the array on the physical
drives
> > > successfully, and now I have to extend the virtual partition I have on
the
> > > Microsoft Server 2003 OS. Disk Management shows C drive with 33.91 GB
> > > capacity with only 2.88 GB free space; E drive (data) with 4 MB
capacity
> > and
> > > 2 MB free space; and unallocated space of 33.91 GB. I want to extend
my
> > > small E drive to include most of the 33.91 GB of unallocated space by
> > using
> > > DiskPart. Below are the commands I entered to do this, but it
obviously
> > did
> > > not work. What did I do wrong? I copied and pasted the command
prompt
> > > results.
> > >
> > > Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
> > > (C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
> > >
> > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>diskpart.exe
> > >
> > > Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.3959
> > > Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Microsoft Corporation.
> > > On computer: SWDC
> > >
> > > DISKPART> list volume
> > >
> > > Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type
> > Size
> > > Status Info
> > > ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- ---------
> > > --------
> > > Volume 0 F LACIE USB 2 NTFS Partition 233 GB
Healthy
> > > Volume 1 D CD-ROM
0 B
> > > Healthy
> > > Volume 2 C NTFS Partition
34
> > GB
> > > Healthy System
> > > Volume 3 E Data NTFS Partition 4064
KB
> > > Healthy
> > >
> > > DISKPART> select volume 3
> > >
> > > Volume 3 is the selected volume.
> > >
> > > DISKPART> size=33,800
> > >
> > > Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.3959
> > >
> > > ADD - Add a mirror to a simple volume.
> > > ACTIVE - Marks the current basic partition as active.
> > > ASSIGN - Assign a drive letter or mount point to the selected
volume.
> > > AUTOMOUNT - Enables and disables automatic mounting of basic
volumes.
> > > BREAK - Break a mirror set.
> > > CLEAN - Clear the configuration information, or all information,
off
> > > the disk.
> > > CONVERT - Converts between different disk formats.
> > > CREATE - Create a volume or partition.
> > > DELETE - Delete an object.
> > > DETAIL - Provide details about an object.
> > > ATTRIBUTES - Manipulate volume attributes.
> > > EXIT - Exit DiskPart
> > > EXTEND - Extend a volume.
> > > GPT - Assigns attributes to the selected GPT partition.
> > > HELP - Prints a list of commands.
> > > IMPORT - Imports a disk group.
> > > INACTIVE - Marks the current basic partition as inactive.
> > > LIST - Prints out a list of objects.
> > > ONLINE - Online a disk that is currently marked as offline.
> > > REM - Does nothing. Used to comment scripts.
> > > REMOVE - Remove a drive letter or mount point assignment.
> > > REPAIR - Repairs a RAID-5 volume with a failed member.
> > > RESCAN - Rescan the computer looking for disks and volumes.
> > > RETAIN - Place a retained partition under a simple volume.
> > > SELECT - Move the focus to an object.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
 

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