CallMeChris
IS-IT--Management
I have a HP Proliant DL380
Two identical internal hard drives both IDE. Dont ask me thats just the
way it came.
Disk 0 is the system disk with the OS on it
Disk 1 is what I want to be the mirror
Both Disks are Dynamic
The problem is that the option for add mirror is greyed out.
I tried the diskpart command line way of doing it too and it didnt work
either it shows "The disk management services could not complete the
operation"
This is what I want to do: But add mirror is greyed out!!
Mirror the boot and system volume
In this scenario, disk 1 is the disk on which the image of disk 0 will
be mirrored.
Note Partitions are referred to as volumes when the disks are dynamic.
1. Disk 1 must be unallocated space before you can proceed with
mirroring.
2. Right-click disk 0 (which contains the boot and system files), and
then click Add Mirror.
3. A dialog box opens in which any disk on your system that is
available for mirroring is displayed. Select the disk of your choice
(in this example, it is disk 1), and then click Add Mirror.
Both disk 0 and disk 1 will now have the same color code, the same
drive letter, and the volumes will have the status note "Regenerating"
displayed while the information is being copied from the first disk to
the second disk. The system will automatically size the volume of the
new mirror to the same size as that of the original boot and system
volume.
4. If you now want to boot from the new mirrored disk, you have to
change the Boot.ini ARC path that points the computer to the partition
in which the system files are located.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Chris
Two identical internal hard drives both IDE. Dont ask me thats just the
way it came.
Disk 0 is the system disk with the OS on it
Disk 1 is what I want to be the mirror
Both Disks are Dynamic
The problem is that the option for add mirror is greyed out.
I tried the diskpart command line way of doing it too and it didnt work
either it shows "The disk management services could not complete the
operation"
This is what I want to do: But add mirror is greyed out!!
Mirror the boot and system volume
In this scenario, disk 1 is the disk on which the image of disk 0 will
be mirrored.
Note Partitions are referred to as volumes when the disks are dynamic.
1. Disk 1 must be unallocated space before you can proceed with
mirroring.
2. Right-click disk 0 (which contains the boot and system files), and
then click Add Mirror.
3. A dialog box opens in which any disk on your system that is
available for mirroring is displayed. Select the disk of your choice
(in this example, it is disk 1), and then click Add Mirror.
Both disk 0 and disk 1 will now have the same color code, the same
drive letter, and the volumes will have the status note "Regenerating"
displayed while the information is being copied from the first disk to
the second disk. The system will automatically size the volume of the
new mirror to the same size as that of the original boot and system
volume.
4. If you now want to boot from the new mirrored disk, you have to
change the Boot.ini ARC path that points the computer to the partition
in which the system files are located.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Chris