HP Logical Drive Expansion

[Derrick llewellyn]

Hi all, I'm attempting to expand a logical drive on a Server running VSphere 5.1. I've successfully replaced each of the physical drives in the array with larger drives, and now I want to run the following command to expand the logical drive:

Esxcli - s <server ip address> hpacucli cmd –q “controller slot=3 logicaldrive 1 modify size=max

However, the command fails to run and informs me that I must use forced mode to make this change.

Any ideas on how I invoke forced mode?

Thanks in advance

[Rubeck]

Hi..

Have you tried to append forced at the end to see if this does the trick?

"Esxcli - s <server ip address> hpacucli cmd –q “controller slot=3 logicaldrive 1 modify size=max forced".

/Rubeck

[Derrick llewellyn]

Thanks Rubeck, I'll try this command later this evening and get back to you tomorrow.

[Derrick llewellyn]

Hi apologies but I have not been able to run this command yet. Hopefully I'll be able to try this comand later this evening.

[Derrick llewellyn]

Thanks Rubeck, the command that you sent me last Wednesday has done the trick :smileyhappy:

[Rubeck]

Excellent.. enjoy :-)

/Rubeck