Windows 2000 Server
You want to provide complete redundancy for all data stored on your hardware RAID 5 array. You install second h/w Raid 5. You want to create a mirror set of the original array. However when you right click the free space on new array you see no option to create a new volume or mirrrored volume. What should you do?
Create a single unformatted primary partition on new array
Convert both to dynamic disks
Create an empty extended partition on new disk
Format new disk array as a single NTFS primary partition
Format the new disk array as a single NTFS logical drive in an extended partition.
Re scan the disk, extend the span volume to include the new disk. Shut down and restart the server, use windows backup to restore the new data
Re scan the disk, format the span volume. Use windows back up to restore the data
Extend the span volume to include the new disk, rescan the disk
Extend the span volume to include the new disk, shut down and restart the server, use windows backup to restore the data
Re scan the disk, remove the span volume and create a new span volume that includes the new disk. Format the span volume, use Windows back up to restore the data