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LVM Second Logical Extents is Missing

Edit 1: Just to clarify no data was written to the new extents. I know this because the admin grew the file system with fdisk right after doing the lvextend, he then rebooted for the changes to take affect. Upon reboot the new block device was…
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What does a warning sign mean in Disk Management?

Here's a (hopefully) easy one: what does the warning sign: alt text http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/54795d4ae6.jpg mean in disk management? The above image is of a mirrored drive (RAID 1) that is in the process of regenerating. Disk 3 was…
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Get-Disk returns HealthStatus "Warning" and OperationalStatus "Other" for Compellent iSCSI volume

We utilize Dell Compellent storage and I'm in the process of developing a script to provision new iSCSI volumes to Windows servers using the Dell PowerShell SDK. I've successfully provisioned a volume to a server using the Cookbook commands…
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Linux disk expansion error:You must delete some partition and add an extended partition first

I researched the reasons for this error, Can't do more than 4 parts There must be a way to increase disk space disk I want to increase the system virtual linux centos 6 I'm connecting with ssh-putty How can I help you please.
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moving/creating new EFI partition to new drive

In a Win 10 workstation I have 4 drives and need some drive/partition guidance. Disk 1 has the 100MB EFI system partition, a 2nd 1.8TB partition with data, and a 450 MB partition following that with no drive letter assigned. Disk 2 has a single…
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How to update vSphere inventory remotely after resizing disk with vmkfstools?

after successfully resized a disk with : vmkfstools --datacenter x --vihost esx42 --server vc1.example.com --username me \ -X 25G -d eagerzeroedthick /vmfs/volumes/FOOBAR/FOOBAR.vmdk Now, how can I update inventory programmaticaly remotely (not…
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creating a partition makes the server unbootable

I have a server that comes with a softRaid of 2x450gb nvme disks. Since all my data is backupped, I don't need the raid and I want to use the full space instead. From the hosting (OVH) control panel I selected to format only one disk, and what I…
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GCE Disk full, unable to mount on second machine or start server

It turns out that our GCE disk is full, which is odd because when I create a snapshot it's only 16gb while the disk is 50gb. I've tried resizing the disk, that doesn't work. Same problem. I've tried turning on the serial console but when I connect…
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How to know which DiskId is associated to a given Volume

Using PowerShell I select one Volume querying by name and filesystem with this line: $volume = Get-Disk | Get-Partition | Get-Volume | Where { $_.FileSystemType -eq 'NTFS' -and $_.FileSystemLabel -eq 'MainOS' } | Select -index 0 But after that, I…
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Differencing Disks in VirtualBox

I'm struggling to understand how to do differencing disks in VirtualBox v3.1.0. I've created a Windows 2008 Server, but now I want to use that as a base image for a number of other servers. The help file has a description of what differencing disks…
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How to "Offline" a Disk using Windows PE/Recovery Enviroment?

The Disk Management MMC snapin has a "Offline" function: Once used, a disk shows as Offline, with hover text "This disk is offline because of policy set by an administrator". However, if the OS does not boot due to the contents of the disk this…
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Debian 9 disk filled overnight, and emptied next morning? How to track down the issue?

Here is a munin screenshot about it: It filled at around: 07/Nov/2017:19:41:03 and emptied at: 08/Nov/2017:04:05:05. The closest cronjob was at 04:05:50, a postfix & dovecot restart. I know these from other services logs, the root drives were so…
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Proper way to increase Windows 8.1 client volume size after iSCSI target increase

We increased the size of our iSCSI target from 500GB to 1TB. The only computer that connects to this target is a Windows 8.1 workstation. We would like the workstation's volume to increase and take advantage of the full 1TB available to it: I…
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Disk Management sees the disk and partitions - change drive letter greyed out?

Environment: From: Windows XP-Pro x64 To: Windows 10 Pro A user "left" the company and we found a Win XP-Pro x64 workstation under his desk - but no user/password for login. I've taken the SATA drives (no RAID - JBOD) out of the XP box and put them…
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Will the Remove action in Failover Cluster Manager 2012 R2 result in lost data on my LUN?

The most specific answer I've come across for Removing an Offline and Available Storage cluster disk in Failover Cluster Manager 2012 R2 is on this site. It's about 2yrs old. I'm new to HyperV and am seeking confirmation to my question in the…
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