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pguerrero
Level 3
16 years ago

Extend system/boot voume

I'm unable to extend my system/boot volume using SF 5. Presumably due to the original disk being basic then converted etc. Is there another product that can accomplish this or a workaround? Than...
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  • Jay_Kim's avatar
    Jay_Kim
    16 years ago
    BTW, is this SFW 5.0 with or without RP1a or RP2?

    If it is SFW 5.0 or 5.0 RP1A, there is a known issue with boot/system partition expansion.
    It has been fixed in RP2 update and if lucky, it may allow you to expand afterwards.

    Technote - http://support.veritas.com/docs/296193

    RP2 also includes many other fixes so it is usually recommended regardless. =)
    http://support.veritas.com/docs/319690 (32bit RP2)
    http://support.veritas.com/docs/319691 (64bit RP2)
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Jay_Kim
Level 5
16 years ago
Here are the 3 reasons mentioned in our Admin guide:

â–  A boot or system volume cannot be extended unless there is enough contiguous
space after the volume for the desired extension. If you have another volume on the disk,
you cannot use space before that volume and after that volume for the extension.

â–  If the extension of a dynamic boot or system volume requires adjustment of
an extended partition boundary, then the extension will not be allowed. The
error message “Requested operation not supported” will be returned.

â–  A boot or system disk volume that was originally created on a logical drive
and later upgraded to a Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows dynamic
volume cannot be extended in Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows.

Hence we need to find out how that system/boot volume was originally created as there are certain limitations for such volume.