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Add Additional Drives to PowerEdge Server
Hi,
i have an Dell PowerEdge740XD with 2x8TB Drives. VMWare ESXi 7.0 is installed on the System and it is an live machine with all productive vm's on it (So really critical)
I've added 2 new 8TB Disk Drives and would like to add it to the RAID without losing any Data. Is there any manual how to add new drives to the current configuration ?
DELL-Charles R
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June 26th, 2023 11:00
Hello SinghRic56,
You can use Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
Your beginning RAID level will be pulled from current configuration. Make sure ending RAID level is what you want it to be.
It is always recommended that you have a validated backup.
The Article below also has a video.
Article Number: 000129246
Dell PowerEdge: How to change the RAID level of a Virtual Disk
https://dell.to/3CMV2iV