Jeff,
A quick look at the redbook has the dates about 2.5 years ago, which
was prior to V5R4. In V5R3, you could not truly expand a drive. In V5R4,
you can expand a drive very easily. Always make sure you have a complete
copy of the drive before you start, which will be located in the /QFPNWSSTG
directory of the IFS. I believe the info center link is V5R4.
If you have V5R4, its real easy to do. You bring down the server,
you do a copy based upon the old NWSSTG space, and then you attach the new
one in the old ones place and bring up the NWSD. Then you go into Disk
management (or something like that) under Services (right click my computer)
and you can use the DISKPART utility. I did this a month ago on a V5R4
system running Windows 2003 Server.
Pete
Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
www.itechsol.com
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To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: Expand (system) server storage space
I need to expand the NWS that's the system drive for W2003 server on an IXS.
Because it's the system drive it's a special case.
Infocenter gives one set of directions to do it:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?topic=/rzahq
/rzahqexpandabootdrive.htm
And the integration redbook gives another:
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg246959.html
The infocenter method actually expands the existing NWS, while the redbook
creates another NWS, copies the old to it, and then uses the new NWS. Both
methods require the use of something from MS called DISKPART (which I'll
have to read up on). The infocenter method has as a step that you must link
the NWS to a "temporary server network server description". How the ---- do
you do that if you only have a single IXS?
Some of you have a host of IXS cards, so you must have done this at some
time. Which method should I use and how well does it work?
Thanks.
midrange.com
