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Richard Denny · Guest

I will soon need to install new Hard Drives into a Compaq ML330 G2 Server
with a SA 532 Card.

Currently Array A contains a Raid 1 array with 2 x 18 GB SCSI Drives and
contains the boot partition, and a data partition.
Array B contains 2 x 36GB SCSI Disks, and will not be touched.

The C Partition is very low on space, so we will be replacing the drives
with 73GB Drives.
I am going to ghost the current partitions on this drive to a larger 73GB,
then build a new Raid 1 with another 73GB drive.

So far I have managed to Ghost the 18gb drives to the 73GB drives, and
resize the partitions to utilise the extra space. My concern now is that the
next stage I need to take is to delete the current Array A. This is what the
server currently boots off. I am unsure of what will happen.

When I delete Array A, what will exactly happen. Will Array B still be array
B or will it be changed to Array A?
Would I be able to recreate Array A as it was originally setup with the 2 x
18GB Drives, if I needed to revert back to the original configuration.

The way I have currently planned on doing this operation, is to:
- Install a 73GB Drive, as a Raid 0 Array C
- ghost the 18.2 GB mirrored drives to a 73GB drive, specifying new
partition sizes
- Remove the 18.2GB drives.
- Delete the Array A
- Remove the 73GB Drive
- Delete the Array C

This is where I am unsure of how to proceed.
What I need to do at this stage is to create a mirror from the 73 GB drive
and make it Array A, so that the server can boot.

If anyone has ever done anything like this before then please let me know
how you did it.
If you have any suggestions I would love to know them.

Thank you,

Richard.

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