Urgent Help needed in adding Disk Space

[singamalai]

I have a server IBM x235 running W2K Adv Srvr with a RAID 5. C is about 10GB. D is about 33GB and has 12GB free space. I have another partion in the same RAID which is mounted as Mount point to D:\Point. Now i have very little space on D:\point and want to extend the mount point D:\point. I have three HDDs and want to put up another RAID5 with a new RAID Controller card (the current RAID is on an internal Controller) and add this new RAID to the mount point.

CAn any one suggest me how do I do it without disturbing the existing mount point Data. I cant change the existing mount point and must extend the size of it using this new RAID.

THis is an urgent issue and if anyone can give me a good suggestion that will be great.

 

[vbrocks]

Can you copy the files in the mount point to the new drive, delete the mount point, and name the new drive as your mount point?

 

[haemphyst]

I am assuming your mount point d:\point is a shared folder? If so, it can be a pretty easy fix, depending on how much data you have. The fix is just as easy, but more time consuming, depending on the amount of data. I will tell you, from experience, make certain you have as much space as your organization can afford, AND as much as you can see using in the next 1 to 2 years. Drive space is cheap these days, and once you already have the cash outlay for a RAID backplane, then the actual drives will be pretty much a secondary cost.

1. Make sure all users are logged out.
2. Exactly document the name and share permissions of the share/mount point, it'll be needed later.
3. Rename the share/mount point, allow the change, you will get a warning about sharing... blah, blah, blah...
4. In the same directory where the old folder existed, create another folder with the EXACT name of the folder you just renamed in the previous step.
5. Using the Drive Management snap-in, create and format your partition on your new drive/array, but mount it to the newly created folder.
6. COPY, do not MOVE, your existing data to the new folder, which will REALLY be copied to the new drive/array. Be certain that if your application (if this is for an application) requires an actual path, you re-create that path on the new array. Example, our office had a practice management software that was located in d:\PS\PS, so on my array I had to create a PS folder by opening the d: drive, double clicking the PS folder, then creating a PS subfolder, which is now on the array, so as not to upset the mappings in the software.)
7. Share the folder with the same share name and permissions your old share/mount point had.
8. Allow users to log back in.
9. Be CERTAIN you save the old data in your folder for AT LEAST 60 to 90 days, (more, if data is absolutely critical)so if something did go wrong in this process, you have not lost anything. If you have an external hard drive, this is an easy thing to do.

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