From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 2 07:46:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C57F106567D for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 07:46:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: from bsd.ultra-secure.de (bsd.ultra-secure.de [62.146.20.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8E5C8FC27 for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 07:46:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: (qmail 11066 invoked by uid 89); 2 May 2008 07:46:45 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 11045, pid: 11047, t: 3.2949s scanners: attach: 1.1.0 clamav: 0.88.7/m:44/d:4673 spam: 3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on bsd.ultra-secure.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Received: from unknown (HELO ?212.71.117.70?) (rainer@ultra-secure.de@212.71.117.70) by bsd.ultra-secure.de with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 2 May 2008 07:46:41 -0000 Message-ID: <481AC6E1.6070109@ultra-secure.de> Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 09:46:41 +0200 From: Rainer Duffner User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; de; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080226 SUSE/2.0.0.12-1.1 Thunderbird/2.0.0.12 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: d@delphij.net References: <480FC4FB.5020709@paladin.bulgarpress.com> <4818FFB8.90900@paladin.bulgarpress.com> <481AA213.1090103@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <481AA213.1090103@delphij.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP DL385G1 Smart Array 6i AMD64 FBSD 6.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 07:46:47 -0000 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