The current configuration is a Dell T310, with an S300 controller, with all 4 hot-swap slots filled with SAS drives. The operating system is SBS 2008 (2008 Server/Vista) I plan to change the controller from S300 (software) controller, to an
H700 (hardware) controller. My concern is the H700 reports the drives slightly smaller in size.
The typical Dell layout is diagnostic partition, followed by a Recovery (E:) partition, followed by the System (C:) partition, followed by an extended partition with a logical volume (D:). If I use Diskpart to shrink the D: "partition", it will leave me with free space, not unallocated space. Thus, it actually shrinks the logical drive, and the extended partition remains the same size as it was, with no means to shrink it.
The question is, if I shrink the D: logical drive, and not the extended partition, and then get system backups, will I be able to a bare metal restore to the smaller virtual drive of the H700?
The typical Dell layout is diagnostic partition, followed by a Recovery (E:) partition, followed by the System (C:) partition, followed by an extended partition with a logical volume (D:). If I use Diskpart to shrink the D: "partition", it will leave me with free space, not unallocated space. Thus, it actually shrinks the logical drive, and the extended partition remains the same size as it was, with no means to shrink it.
The question is, if I shrink the D: logical drive, and not the extended partition, and then get system backups, will I be able to a bare metal restore to the smaller virtual drive of the H700?