Is there a way to go from 9GB to 36gb using disksuite?

[tstormchaser]

I'm trying to upgrade an E5500 server that has two disk arrays(12 disks in each) that are 9gb disks. We want to replace 9gb disks with 36gb disks. I know that disksuite has limitations because it will copy over the 9gb to the 36gb disk but leave the other 27gb as unused and unavailable. Does anyone have any ideas of how to get around this? I tried an experiment where I attached a 4gb metadevice to a 1gb device and let it sync up. Then detached the 4gb device and attached a 4gb device to it in the hopes that the 3gb space would be freed up. It didn't work. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Paul

 

[KenCunningham]

Wouldn't it be easier to dump your data to tape, install the new disks and configure them according to your needs, and then restore?

 

[daFranze]

there is no way to do this with SDS nor with Veritas VM (afaik), it's more or less like Ken writes: dum, reconfigure, restore, go...

Best Regards, Franz
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Solaris System Manager from Munich, Germany
I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years

 

[daFranze]

sorry typo, dump

Best Regards, Franz
--
Solaris System Manager from Munich, Germany
I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years