Dynamic Disk Attachment Support

Is dynamic disk supported to be attached as data disk? in Windows Azure Pack

I am getting following error even after correct Hashtag
Azure Error:
The operation on virtual machine, template or hardware configuration with id [*] results in use of one or more dynamic hard disks not supported by the specified cloud and fabric capability. Ensure that no dynamic hard disks are required by this operation
and try the operation again. Please contact your system administrator with this error ID.
VMM Error:
Error (23447)
The operation on virtual machine, template or hardware configuration with id [TESTVM] results in use of one or more dynamic hard disks not supported by the specified cloud and fabric capability.
Recommended Action
Ensure that no dynamic hard disks are required by this operation and try the operation again.

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Dynamic VHD attached to disk management increases in size

When attaching a dynamic VHD to the disk management, the size of the VHD gets increased by some 32 MB, why does this happen ? What information does the disk management writes to the VHD. When attaching the VHD in read only mode, the Size remains the same.
VHD Spec : The VHD is created using a utility.
The VHD has a Block Size of 524288 Bytes.
Thanks,
Sajith

The block allocation table adds to the size of a dynamic disk, an expanded dynamic disk will show larger than a fixed disk of the same usable space because of this. In addition there is a hard drive header and footer almost like a header and footer
on a word document, it is always present on a dynamic disk which adds space compared to a fixed disk.
See this Microsoft document for additional information:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CEYQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2Ff%2Ff%2Fe%2Fffef50a5-07dd-4cf8-aaa3-442c0673a029%2FVirtual%2520Hard%2520Disk%2520Format%2520Spec_10_18_06.doc&ei=fbLrUsuHK4WCyQGsi4DICQ&usg=AFQjCNF_2gpgEA65OhmSPr8R_InwjL2TqQ&sig2=gau_qlwZonH3LJ9wYiiu6g&bvm=bv.60444564,d.aWc&cad=rja
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Dynamic Disk Support in Azure Pack

Is Dynamic Disk supported to be added into a VM that is part of a cloud through Windows Azure Pack?

what do you mean by dynamic disk ?
Do you mean dynamically expanding VHDs ?
If you mean that than i confirm you that you can use either dynamic or fixed VHDs types (VHD and VHDx)
Fixed VHDs limitation is only in Microsoft Azure and not in Windows Azure Pack (only VHD)
Regards, Samir Farhat Infrastructure and Virtualization Consultant || Virtualization, Cloud, Azure ? Follow and Ask here https://buildwindows.wordpress.com

Does Exchange 2007 support dynamic disk

We have Exchange 2007 SP3 installed on Windows 2008 Std edition. it is a virtual machine.
We have disk space issue on couple of drives. We are planning to expand the disk.
All the disk are in BASIC mode. I want to know does Exxhange 2007 support Dynamic disk and does it allows to convert BASIC disk to dynamic disk and extend the drive. Please suggest.
Thanks
Srinivas

Yes, it is supported to have mailbox database on Dynamic Disk (except it is single copy cluster)
Partition Design - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738145(v=EXCHG.80).aspx
However I won't convert the disk from basic to dynamic while database is on the drive. Suggest you to dismount the DB, move it to a temp location, convert the disk, move the database back and mount the DBs...

[SOLVED] Windows Dynamic Disk support?

Hi everyone,
My question is, if it anyone knows how it is possible to mount Windows spanned drives, so I have access to the Windows data under Arch?
I am using Arch / Windows 8 dual boot with 3 drives. One SSD where the base systems are installed, and two 1TB HDDs, which I mirrored under Arch (2x700GB). I then spanned the remaining free space of the 2 drives to one dynamic disk under Windows 8.
I am also a bit confused, because of the different output of fdisk -l and lsblk -f, as the /var and raid partitions are not visible in the fdisk output and also the recognized filesystems are different? Is there a reason for that?
fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3ef29ee4
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 1953523119 976761528+ 42 SFS
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x26b87542
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 63 1953523119 976761528+ 42 SFS
Disk /dev/md127: 751.5 GB, 751484862464 bytes, 1467743872 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
lsblk -f
sdb
├─sdb1 linux_raid_member archiso:root 8f0e50b9-5f67-6957-6429-9a74a20600b5
│ └─md127 ext4 7099366d-3527-47fa-9a46-2c261edf1eb8 /home
├─sdb2 ext4 dc38fca1-d656-425d-bee6-7cd40e0c06a6 /var
└─sdb3
sdc
├─sdc1 linux_raid_member archiso:root 8f0e50b9-5f67-6957-6429-9a74a20600b5
│ └─md127 ext4 7099366d-3527-47fa-9a46-2c261edf1eb8 /home
└─sdc2 ntfs Volume 320EE7040EE6C049
Last edited by bisam (2013-01-21 15:06:35)

Hmm, is this for sure? Because I read that some people managed to do it.
I followed this ubuntu how-to http://bigli.ch/howto-access-windows-sp … th-ubuntu/ and after it didn't work, I tried it with mdadm (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=833653):
mdadm --build -l 0 -n 2 -c 64 /dev/md128 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdc2
Anyhow, both ways let me create a Volume but I am not able to mount it.
EDIT: I got 2 different error messages, when I am trying to mount it:
#1
# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/md128 /media/Win8Volume/
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/md128': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/md128' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
#2 ( after rebuilding the array with switched devices)
# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/md128 /media/Win8Volume/
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup_warn: magic: 0x61592c70 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 50934 usa_count: 14904: Invalid argument
Record 0 has no FILE magic (0x61592c70)
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error
Failed to mount '/dev/md128': Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
for more details.
Last edited by bisam (2013-01-21 13:05:11)

Windows 2008 R2, converting to dynamic disk questions

Hello,
   I have a Windows 2008 R2 server and I want to convert the drive into a dynamic disk for mirroring. The disk currently is divided into two partitions. The C: partition which is System,Boot, Page File, etc. and the D: partition which
is data. The questions I have are:
    Can a disk with multiple partitions be created without data loss or anything?
    I know you have to reboot, but how long does it usually take to do the reboot/conversion before the server is back up?
    I want to mirror the drive to a 2nd identical disk in the server, and am planning to use Computer Management. Do I have to partition the second drive first, or will the process do it automatically?
    The server is a dedicated server that is provided by a hosting company, so I would be doing it through Remote Desktop. Can it be done that way?
Thanks.

Hi,
You can convert the drive into a dynamic disk within both local logon session and remote desktop session. The system requires reboot twice to make the conversion take into effect. You do not have to partition the second drive.
For more detailed information, please refer to the articles below:
Dynamic disks and volumes
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757696(v=ws.10).aspx
Create and test a mirrored system or boot volume
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738132(v=ws.10).aspx
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Has anyone managed to get a 3TB dynamic disk on Windows 2003 Server?

I just got a pair of new 3TB disks that I wanted to put on my Windows 2003 server enterprise x64 system, SP2, all updates installed.
When I first tried to convert to dynamic, I got the error "The operation did not complete" as described in this KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826823
It says there is a patch, but there is not one for x64, just x86 and ia64
I found another technet discussion here: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/thread/cb62238c-b3d0-4989-b45a-ae6de6701a7b?stoAI=10
However its best suggestion is to use a product from AOMIE, but I tried that and it didn't even recognize the disk. It also suggests that one needs a better version of diskpart.exe and to try to the 32 bit version. Anyone have any experience
with that?
I also tried creating moving the disk to Windows 7 x64, making it dynamic there, but when I move the disk back to 2K3 it does not recognize it, and goes back to a 2TB partition. I also saw something about needing a 512 block size for 2K3, but W7 does
not allow anything smaller than 1K.

Hi,
During my research, if found the following artcle which also mentioned a 3TB disk should be supported in Windows 2003 SP1:
Has anyone managed to get a 3TB dynamic disk on Windows 2003 Server?
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/thread/a720ae72-0c04-44dd-94c0-2e6aecce530e
So I contact the author about this issue. He said it could be caused if your hard disk is a 512e drive as the 3TB drives on the market today are normally 512e drives.
However manufacturers stopping identifying this, and if the controller is old, FSUtil will not able to identify a 512 drive but recognized it as a normal 512n drive.
Thus please provide the drive model so we could search on manufacturer's website for exact information.
Also please paste the screenshot in your reply which Satish mentioned if available.
In addition, here is an article Robert provided:
http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/what-would-microsoft-support-do/support-advanced-format-hard-drives-141584

Vista Dynamic Disk

Hello, does anyone know how to configure two drives using Vista's Dynamic disk? Or, a third party software that is capable of creating a RAID array in Vista utilizing boot camp? Goal: drive 1 mac; drive 2 vista w/ drive 3&4 as a RAID 0. I always get an error message in Vista "there's not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation."

Before you can do anything with 3&4 you first have to strip any partition you may have created in Mac side. Then you can setup a RAID in Windows.
Easiest way I found, esp if using WD drives, is use WD Diagnostic to zero the drive and more. But you can't have GPT.
But even a simple stripe or mirror RAID, I never used or chose Dynamic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_disk
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B308424&x=9&y=12

WS2008 R2 - Invalid dynamic disk

I have a software RAID5 array in Windows Server 2008 R2. 5x4TB drives. After clean shutdown all the disks in disk management are listed as invalid. When I try to reactivate any of them I get this error message: This operation is not allowed
on the invalid disk pack.
What can I do? I've searched high and low and can't find a solution.

Hi,
Based on research, it seems a bug that Dynamic disk(s) comes back as INVALID after taking offline, or following reboot.
This bug surfaces when the size of a record in the LDM matches exactly the size of a block on disk. In this situation, volmgrx incorrectly flags the record as incomplete. After reading the whole database, volmgrx will clean all incomplete records. That’s why
we end up with an empty volume record and with a plex that’s not referenced by a volume.
In this repro, we have a record for a volume that’s bigger than 2TB, has a 3 digit number and has no drive letter (which means attributes are stored in the record). Because of this, the record size was exactly 68 bytes, which is the size available in the block
after all the headers.
If the effected Windows 2008 R2 server is Non-DPM server, we must re-create the volumes manually and restore from backup.
If the server is a DPM 2007 server, all of the dynamic disks in the DPM storage pool will be inaccessible. To avoid having to rebuild the DPM server from scratch, you can use the following procedure to clean (wipe out) the dynamic disks and recreate the DPM
replica and recovery point volumes while maintaining the rest of the DPM 2007 configuration.
WARNING: This procedure is non-reversible, and will result in ALL replica and recovery point volumes to be permanently lost. Verify with the customer that he has a >2TB volume configured before proceeding.
1) Run diskpart.exe - and issue a "list disk" command - and see which disks show the status of INVALID
2) Select one invalid disk at a time and issue a CLEAN command to wipe it out and make it a RAW disk again.
3) Select one disk at a time and convert to GPT, then Dynamic.
4) Exit diskpart.exe
5)Now add the same disks to the DPM storage pool under the management tab - disk tab.
6) From command prompt - run the following command to remake the DPM volumes - this may take hours...
dpmsync -reallocatereplica
7) AFTER Dpmsync completes, re-run diskpart.exe and save the output of the "list volume" command.
NOTE: Make the DOS window so if has a height of 9999 before running list volume - then copy the contents of the window to notepad.
8) Search the output of list volume and locate any volumes are larger than 2000 GB (2TB) - note the mountpoint path.
9) From command prompt - run mountvol.exe >mountvol.txt - then open the mountpoint.txt using notepad. Search for the path for the >2GB volumes to get the volume {Guid}
10) Use mountvol.exe to assign a drive letter to that volume.
mountvol E: \\?\Volume{bf14e9ca-d929-11dd-8f76-806e6f6e6963}
11) Repeat steps 7-9 for ANY and ALL volumes that have a volume numbers above 99, and exceed the 2TB size.
It is now safe to reboot and not experience the dynamic Invalid status for the dynamic disks. If the customer creates any more dynamic volumes that exceed 2TB - they MUST assign a drive letter or they will experience the same issue.
12) Run Consistency checks for all the data sources to get the DPM server back into a consistent state and continue protectecting the production servers.
I hope this helps.
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Dynamic Disks

I need some clarification on dynamic disks. I'll break it down to a few questions:
Can dynamic disks be used with an MBR partition style? How many partitions can be created this way?
Can a dynamic disk be a boot or system partition? If so can it be extended to a spanned or stripe volume?
Thanks for your help.
Michael T. Glenn

Hi Michael,
Dynamic disk could be used as an MBR partition.
Also it could be boot or system partition. I saw (and tried) to install system on a mirror volume. However it need to be done before installing system. So we cannot extended to a spanned or stripe volume after - we need to rebuild a larger
volume.
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External disk attached to APE - does Time Machine work with it?

Hi everyone,
I'm interested in getting the AirPort Extreme (802.11n) for a few reasons, but notably to attach an external disk and use it with Time Machine.
I've heard mixed results, however, about whether this is possible or not. After some Google-ing I've discovered this feature was initially not available for the official release of Leopard, but was re-introduced in 2008 sometime as a software update. But after reviewing the product page, it makes no mention to Time Machine and it's ability to backup to external AirPort disks. Only the Time Capsule product page gets this kind of treatment.
So the question is... does Time Machine play nicely with AirPort disks or not? I was hoping you guys would be able to debunk the myths so I can get a straight-forward answer so I can make a decision on if I'll purchase it or not.
And while on the topic... can multiple people use the external AirPort disk at the same time? For example, I currently have a DIR-628 router (which I'll be taking back if Time Machine plays nicely with AirPort disks) and with the silly proprietary software from D-Link, it only lets one computer use it at one time, having each user remember to connect and disconnect each time they want to use it to share files or backup using Time Machine. Not a biggie, but kind of annoying.
Thanks for any help I receive, I really appreciate it!

Duane wrote:
As I said above, Apple does not officially support this operation. So if you have any problems or questions about using the disk with Time Machine, Apple will not provide support.
True and correct. This is likely because of their misguided SOX interpretation, which they seem to think precludes the addition of features not available at sale time through firmware updates.
Sort of like putting a diesel engine in a Toyota Prius. You may be able to do it but it is not officially supported.
It’s really nothing like that at all.
To answer the OP, yes, you can. I’ve been backing up my machine to a disk attached to my AEBS since the day the firmware supported it, and it works great for me.

How do I convert a dynamic disk back to a basic disk (how do i back up a dynamic disk)

Hi
I have "accidently" converted an internal disk to dynamic and cannot see any of my data. I want to see the data. I presume I need to convert it back to a basic disk?
on this forum and others the solution seems to be back the data on the dynamic disk up, convert it back to basic and restore the data after. Yet, the only place I can see any signs of the disk is within disk managment.
If I run Backup it dosen't see the disk.
any suggestions would be gratefully received!
I am running Win7 home dual boot with WinXp pro
Thanks, Jason

Hi,
you must backup all data and delete the volumes on it:
How to Convert a Dynamic Disk to a Basic Disk
To change a dynamic disk back to a basic disk:
Back up all the data on all the volumes on the disk you want to convert to a basic disk.
Log on as Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.
Click Start , and then click Control Panel .
Click Performance and Maintenance , click Administrative Tools , and then double-click
Computer Management .
In the left pane, click Disk Management .
Right-click a volume on the dynamic disk that you want to change to a basic disk, and then click
Delete Volume .
Click Yes when you are prompted to delete the volume.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each volume on the dynamic disk.
After you have deleted all the volumes on the dynamic disk, right-click the dynamic disk that you want to change to a basic disk, and then click
Convert to Basic Disk .
NOTE :You must right-click the gray area that contains the disk title on the left side of the Details pane. For example, right-click
Disk 1 .
Source:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309044
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26829-convert-dynamic-disk-basic-disk.html
The same applies to Windows 7.
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WRT1200 Network error when paying music from external disk attached to the Router

Hi everyone, I have one problem with my new WRT1200AC wireless routerFrecuently network errors when playing music from external USB3 disk attached to WRT1200AC Any idea to solve this problem Thanks in advance Regards, Rod

Wireless Configurations
Ensure the default (linksys) SSID name is changed. Ensure that different SSID names are used between each WiFi 2.4/5Ghz radios for dual band routers. Can be anything and not something that's already in use by any neighbouring WiFi routers.
What wireless modes are you using?
Try Mixed mode, single mode G or N or mixed G and N on 2.4Ghz and single mode N or Mixed on 5Ghz?
Channel Width set for Auto 20/40Mhz or try 20Mhz only.
Try setting a manual Channel to a open or unused channel. 1, 6 or 11. 11 for single mode N if the channel is clear. 13 for EU regions. Try channel 48 or 149 on 5Ghz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=f2625b15a5d7454b8e7fafbe65d5aa63_4009.xml&pid=80&respid=0&snid=4&dispid=0&cpage=search
What security mode are you using? Preferred security is WPA-Personal. WPA2 Only.
Ensure any devices with WiFi adapter drivers are updated.
Any 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz cordless house phones or WiFi APs near by?
Any other WiFi routers in the area? Link> Use http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5936-inssider.html to find out. Use v3. How many?
WMM Support must be enabled for single wireless N mode to function.
http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?vw=1&articleid=5471
Router Placement
Forum User - "Well I feel really dumb. After moving the router away from other electronic devices my speeds are back to normal. Just a heads up for anyone experiencing slow speeds, you might want to move it away from other electronics and see if that helps."
3-6' feet minimum safe distance between devices.
Placement on main level floor and central in the building and WELL ventilated is preferred. Not in basements or closets as building materials, or near by electronics devices could interfere or hinder good signal propagation.
http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=d9a3b1b2039741948a2365b053a93ea8_3759.xml&pid=80&respid=0&snid=2&dispid=0&cpage=search
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-basics/31083-smallnetbuilders-wireless-faq-the-essentials
http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/GetArticle.aspx?docid=acca9b9008f04a66af818c2ab366001e_Positioning_the_external_antennas_on_the_Linksys_WRT1900AC.xml&pid=80&converted=0Rod2 wrote:
Thanks I play music fom external disk attached to the router from my internal netwok. No Internet traffic. The network error occurs between a notebook and the router in my home network Thanks Rod

Can include in time machine backup the content of an firewire hard disk attached to my mac? How? Thanks from spain!

Apologyze my english.
I hace a firewire disk attached to my mac with my iphoto files.
How can I include this files into the time machine copy in my time capsule?
Thanks from spain!

If it's connected and turned on, and it's not in Time Machine's Exclude list, then it will be backed up. Normally, external drives are automatically excluded. To back them up you need to remove them from the Exclude list.

Can't see USB disk attached to other mac

I have an Airport Express, on the network is a Mac Mini which has an USB disk attached to it (to the Mac Mini).
However, I can't see the disk from any other mac that uses the Airport (this used to work)
I've looked for "disk sharing" in Preferences and in the Airport Setup Utility, but couldn't find anything.
I've also made the Sharing & Permissions of the USB disk for "Me" and "Everyone" as " Read & Write"
Any idea how I can resolve this issue?
Thanks,
Awfers

Ok, thanks for clarifying. You don't need to change any settings within the AirPort Utility, but let's double-check your Mac Mini's settings to make sure that it is both sharing the disk properly and that it's OS X firewall is not blocking the requests.
For File Sharing: System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing
o Make sure that the folders on your external hard drive, that you want shared, are selected in the Shared Folders window.
o Make sure that you have, at least, Everyone = Read Only set in the Users window.
o Select Options..., and then, verify that you have "Share files and folders using AFP" is enabled for Mac clients, and "Share files and folders using SMB" is enabled for Windows clients.
For the OS X Firewall: System Preferences > Security > Firewall
o If "Allow all incoming connections" is enabled, verify that: "File Sharing (AFP, SMB)" is now displayed in the list.

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