There are two new hard drive added to the server with Hyper-V. The task – to create Software based RAID. We use the command-line utility DISKPART.
1. Watch what sees the system discs
DISKPART>list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 931 GB 931 GB Disk 1 Online 931 GB 931 GB Disk 2 Online 465 GB 0 B
Two new hard drive is “Disk 0” and “Disk 1”
2. Make drives 0 and 1 dynamic
DISKPART>select disk 0 Disk 0 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> convert dynamic DiskPart successfully converted the selected disk to dynamic format. DISKPART>select disk 1 Disk 0 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> convert dynamic DiskPart successfully converted the selected disk to dynamic format.
3. create the mirrored partition, format, assign the letter “F”
DISKPART> create volume mirror disk=0,1 DiskPart successfully created the volume. DISKPART> format FS=NTFS LABEL="1Tb" quick 100 percent completed DiskPart successfully formatted the volume. DISKPART> assign letter=F DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
4. See what happened
DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- ------- Volume 0 E DVD-ROM 0 B No Media Volume 1 System Rese NTFS Partition 100 MB Healthy System Volume 2 C NTFS Partition 48 GB Healthy Boot Volume 3 D DATAGb NTFS Partition 416 GB Healthy * Volume 4 F 1Tb NTFS Mirror 931 GB Healthy