Increase size of 2003 server disk ?

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steve

I have have a 2003 server.

It has 36 gig scsi drive in it that is maxed out.

I tried to clone the drive to a 80 gig ata drive using Acronis
software. When the ATA boots it gives me an error.

At the time I did not write it down, It was a long description,
partially about security descriptors and that I could possibly log into
the console and investigate. If anyone has that exact error I would
like a copy of it so that I could do a little more intellegent search
for what it means. I didnt know if it would work being scsi to ata but
it was worth a try. I didnt write the message down at the time because
It was late and wanted to put the origianl drive back to get it up and
running again with the old configuration.

But the real question is, how can I increase the size of the drive. Has
anyone done this?

Regards
 
steve said:
I have have a 2003 server.

It has 36 gig scsi drive in it that is maxed out.

I tried to clone the drive to a 80 gig ata drive using Acronis
software. When the ATA boots it gives me an error.

At the time I did not write it down, It was a long description,
partially about security descriptors and that I could possibly log into
the console and investigate. If anyone has that exact error I would
like a copy of it so that I could do a little more intellegent search
for what it means. I didnt know if it would work being scsi to ata but
it was worth a try. I didnt write the message down at the time because
It was late and wanted to put the origianl drive back to get it up and
running again with the old configuration.

But the real question is, how can I increase the size of the drive. Has
anyone done this?

Regards
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What you're trying to do should definitely be possible. I've done
similar SCSI/ATA imaging with Acronis without problems.

Are you using encryption on the partition? That might be a problem.

Be sure to try manually imaging the old disk and then restoring to the
new disk (make sure to include the MBR), if you haven't already.

BR

Dave
 
What you're trying to do should definitely be possible. I've done
similar SCSI/ATA imaging with Acronis without problems.

Are you using encryption on the partition? That might be a problem.

Be sure to try manually imaging the old disk and then restoring to the
new disk (make sure to include the MBR), if you haven't already.

BR

Dave
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David,

Thanks for your response.

I Did include the MBR, however I did use the automatic option in
Acronis. I have read through their documentation and I really cant see
the difference, what is the difference between Automatic and Manual.
Does it matter that Im useing the Acronis True Image Home Version.
(9.0)
When you did this was it 2003 server that you copied to a ata drive?

thanks
 
David,

Thanks for your response.

I Did include the MBR, however I did use the automatic option in
Acronis. I have read through their documentation and I really cant see
the difference, what is the difference between Automatic and Manual.
Does it matter that Im useing the Acronis True Image Home Version.
(9.0)
When you did this was it 2003 server that you copied to a ata drive?

thanks
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No, I was using XP and XP x64, which is basically the workstation
version of Server 2003 x64. You could be right about it being an
Acronis Home issue...they may require server users to get the pro
version. That's something to look into. I'd still be surprised if you
couldn't image it anyway if you booted Acronis from CD.

Acronis, AYK, has a "clone disk" option, but you can also image the
whole drive to a file and then reimage it (which is what I meant by
"manual"--sorry about the confusion). I was wondering if you had tried
both.

The most failsafe way to use Acronis is to use a bootable image of the
most recent version, be sure to try that.

Make sure you have the most recent build of 9. You can download it from
their website if you register your serial number. An early version of 9
Home had a bug that caused image corruption under certain circumstances.
Also, be sure to set Acronis to verify the archive when you make it
and before you image it.

You didn't mention if you were using Server 2003's encryption features.
They may be designed to prevent images from working...you might want
to check that out.

Best of luck,

Dave
 
steve said:
David,

Thanks for your response.

I Did include the MBR, however I did use the automatic option in
Acronis. I have read through their documentation and I really cant see
the difference, what is the difference between Automatic and Manual.
Does it matter that Im useing the Acronis True Image Home Version.
(9.0)
When you did this was it 2003 server that you copied to a ata drive?

thanks
Click to expand...

No, I was using XP and XP x64, which is basically the workstation
version of Server 2003 x64. You could be right about it being an
Acronis Home issue...they may require server users to get the pro
version. That's something to look into. I'd still be surprised if you
couldn't image it anyway if you booted Acronis from CD.

Acronis, AYK, has a "clone disk" option, but you can also image the
whole drive to a file and then reimage it (which is what I meant by
"manual"--sorry about the confusion). I was wondering if you had tried
both.

The most failsafe way to use Acronis is to use a bootable image of the
most recent version, be sure to try that.

Make sure you have the most recent build of 9. You can download it from
their website if you register your serial number. An early version of 9
Home had a bug that caused image corruption under certain circumstances.
Also, be sure to set Acronis to verify the archive when you make it
and before you image it.

You didn't mention if you were using Server 2003's encryption features.
They may be designed to prevent images from working...you might want
to check that out.

Best of luck,

Dave
 
You didn't mention if you were using Server 2003's encryption features.
They may be designed to prevent images from working...you might want
to check that out.

Best of luck,

Dave
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Im not sure if its using encryption. How would I tell if it is?

regards
 
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