.. if the database is all that is on the drive, detach it,
create the new mirrored drives, copy the db to the new mirror
and reattach it unless it's SQL 6.5.
kent
--- Alexander Lattaruli Stender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BlankI am not sure if this is going to be a cross posting but I will
> ask
> because one day we all will need to upgrade anyway.
>
> I have one NT4 SP6 server with 2 sets of mirrored hot swappable hard
> drives.
> Each set has one 9.1Gb and one 17Gb. I will need to upgrade the 17Gb
> ones to
> 181Gb as I need to place a 70Gb SQL data base on them. Machine is
> live and
> has to be like that for the maximum time possible. This big drive
> also
> contains software installations and file permissions are set as well.
>
> The idea is to break the mirror, take one drive out, place it on
> another
> system in parallel with the new 181Gb and restablish the mirror.
> This will
> generate a 17Gb partition on the 181Gb HD, then I would use a
> partitioning
> tool to grow it to 181Gb.
>
> Someone told me to do a file copying and that is it. No partition
> growth
> necessary... I doubt it is going to work.
>
> Have you had any experience like this? Do you know any good partition
> expander software. (Drive Copy goes only up to 80Gb)
>
> Comments are welcome.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Alex
>
>
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>
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