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Upgrading a Basic Disk to a Dynamic Disk
Because only dynamic disks can be used for online volume extension, it is recommended that you use the
Disk Management utility to upgrade all data disks on your system to dynamic. The upgrade includes new
disks, which have been added to the system as basic disks.
NOTE:
Software RAID installed on a hardware RAID system is not supported.
NOTICE:
In hardware RAID configurations, the operating system disk must remain a basic disk.
To upgrade a basic disk to a dynamic disk, perform the following steps:
1 Right-click the disk you want to upgrade, and then click Convert to Dynamic Disk.
2 When the Convert to Dynamic Disk window appears, select the disks to upgrade and click OK.
3 When the Disks to Convert window appears, select the disks that you want to convert to dynamic
and click Convert.
NOTE:
After a disk is upgraded to dynamic it cannot be reverted back to basic unless all volumes on that disk are
removed. Dell strongly recommends that you do not revert a disk back to basic after data volumes are present.
Reactivating Dynamic Disks
A dynamic disk might appear as a missing disk when it is corrupted, powered down, or disconnected.
You can reactivate a dynamic disk to bring it back online by performing the following steps:
1 Right-click the disk marked Missing or Offline dynamic disk.
2 Click Reactivate Disk on the menu.
3 Mark the disk as Online after the disk is reactivated.
Merging Foreign Disks
Dynamic disks with a foreign status are disks that were moved from another system. You cannot
reactivate a foreign disk; you must merge the disk to the system. To change the status of a foreign disk
and enable it to be seen as a part of the current system, use the Merge Foreign Disk command.
To merge foreign disks, perform the following steps:
1 Right-click a foreign disk, and then click Import Foreign Disks.
The Import Foreign Disk Wizard is displayed.
2 Select the foreign disks that you would like to merge to the system.
By default all foreign disks are selected to be merged.
3 Click Next.
4 Click Next again to validate the volume status of each foreign disk.
5 Click Finish.
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