Maurice
Thu May 04 23:28:22 CDT 2006
In article <6Kc#gx9bGHA.4488@TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl>,
Darrellg@online.microsoft.com ("Darrell Gorter[MSFT]") wrote:
> Hello Maurice,
> Checking on this, but it appears that this should be included in the x64
> release already. So the QFE should not be needed
> Yes this should be in SP1 for Windows Server 2003. Since it is in Windows
> Server 2003 SP1, it should also be included in the X64 release.
> This may be another issue
It is indeed another issue.
The hardware RAID is a Promise VTrak, which uses > 512-byte sectors to
achieve array sizes > 2 TB. Dynamic volumes require the array itself use
512-byte sectors. (Presumably, other RAIDs keep the sector size at 512,
but use > 32-bit addressing to permit > 2 TB volumes.)
I reformatted the array this way and created on it < 2 TB logical
volumes to cover the full capacity. These all appeared under Windows and
I had no problem changing them to dynamic disks.
Ideally, Windows should post a more informative message or at the very
least Microsoft should post a knowledgebase article explaining what's
going on.
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> <I am trying to span several large volumes. Some are under a terabyte;
> <others are 3+ terabytes.
> <
> <I converted the less than 1 TB partitions to dynamic volumes with no
> <problem. Even the boot (C) disk converted and I didn't need that to be
> <dynamic.
> <
> <But my external hardware RAIDs, which are 3+ TB, will not convert. These
> <are already GPT disks, and I have W2K3 standard 64-bit edition with SP1
> <and all the latest patches.
> <
> <It gives me a bogus error that "The operation did not complete," falsely
> <claiming there are more details in the event log.
> <
> <Interestingly, there is a knowledgebase article, 826823
> <
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826823/en-us, that seems to be
> <describing this exact problem, but the article claims it affects only
> <the 32-bit editions of Windows Server 2K3. Of course, that hotfix will
> <only work on the 32-bit edition.
> <
> <Even more oddly, that article seems to have been initially written
> <before the first SP, but it's been updated recently, yet there is no
> <mention of the service pack.
> <