Hyper-V 2012 R2 HOST hard drive limit

Is there a limit to the size of the HOST hard drive?
I recently loaded Hyper-V on a server with a 2500GB hard drive array. I did not notice till it was too late (server already in production with Guests) that the install created a 2047 GB partition and left 466 GB 'unallocated'.
Is there a 2 TB limit on the HOST?

Milos,
I am afraid I am not able to figure this out.
I really want my server to use the whole disk as "C".
How do I create the full 2.5 TB disk?
I have tried playing with diskpart but either Hyper-V 2012 R2 will not install to the disk or it over rides the GPT setting and returns it to MBR.

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I erased my 2012 MacBook Pro hard drive, what version OSX do I need to reload ?

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B&W G-3 Hard Drive Limit??

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Don,
Thanx 4 your indulgence. I am with you so far. We are getting closer to the kernel of information that can be memorized and universally applied.
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