Upgrading to a bigger drive -- sql server clustering

warsai
10/28/2004 8:29:01 PM

Hello all,

We are planning to upgrade the drives which are currently being used for
clustered SQL, Exchange 2003, DHCP and File and Print Services.

We pan to do the following:
1) Add the bigger drives
2) Copy all the data from the existing drives to the new drives
3) Change the new drive letters to reflect the old drive letters

Would this work? Or should we use a different procedure? Is there a white
paper on how to upgrade clustered drives?

Thanks
Warsai

Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]
10/28/2004 10:48:50 PM

Basically your steps will work. I would take the group offline before
copying data. And as always, have a good backup on hand.

If you decide to replace a disk instead, be sure to follow
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;305793

Cheers,

Rod

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
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