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Date:      Fri, 02 May 2008 09:46:41 +0200
From:      Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de>
To:        d@delphij.net
Cc:        freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HP DL385G1 Smart Array 6i AMD64 FBSD 6.3
Message-ID:  <481AC6E1.6070109@ultra-secure.de>
In-Reply-To: <481AA213.1090103@delphij.net>
References:  <480FC4FB.5020709@paladin.bulgarpress.com>	<4818FFB8.90900@paladin.bulgarpress.com> <481AA213.1090103@delphij.net>

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Xin LI schrieb:
> Todorov wrote:
> | Hi all,
> |
> | I want to migrate my RAID1 (2 disks) (automatically assigned as RAID1
> | bacause I have two disks inserted in RAID 1+0 Logical drive), add two
> | more disks and get actual RAID 1+0 drive of four disks.
> |
> | I was reading the ACU specs of HP and I see this can be done online. I
> | can have downtime - the question is if I can do it w/o dump and restore
> | of the filesystem?
> |
> | I fully realize that the size will be doubled of /dev/da0 device,
> | currently 136GB will become 272GB. Can I make a spare partition of it,
> | will the whole procedure happen w/o any dump/restore?
>
> I think you should at least take a backup before resizing anything


That, and I think you will end up with a 2nd DOS-partition that 
comprises the "added" free space.



Regards,
Rainer




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