Sent: 09/11/2009
From: 1_SeaMan_1
Message:Thanks for the reply. I will try it today.
do you think there is a risk on my RAID partitions/configurations?
another question is that do you think i can keep building up my VMs and
later i have to install the release of hyper-v 2008 R2 safely?
"Geoff N. Hiten" wrote:
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> Yes. you will likely need a driver.
>
> http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/raid/sas_raid/SAS-5805/
>
> Try the 2008 driver since there is no 2008R2 driver.
>
>
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
>
>
> "1_SeaMan_1" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> >I had (hyper-v 2008 R2) install on disk 1 by itself. i also have Adaptec
> >5805
> > RAID controller with 5 Disk, 1TB each with RAID 6 configured
> > when i run admin consol (scvmm, or else) from my client PC, I can see my
> > disk one but i can't see my RAID, do I need drivers or something?
> >
> > logging into the server itself (hyper-v 2008 R2), i can't see the RAID
> > also.
> >
> > any thought?
> >
> > SeaMan
>
>
Sent: 09/11/2009
From: "Geoff N. Hiten" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Yes. you will likely need a driver.
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/raid/sas_raid/SAS-5805/
Try the 2008 driver since there is no 2008R2 driver.
--
Geoff N. Hiten
Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"1_SeaMan_1" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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>I had (hyper-v 2008 R2) install on disk 1 by itself. i also have Adaptec
>5805
> RAID controller with 5 Disk, 1TB each with RAID 6 configured
> when i run admin consol (scvmm, or else) from my client PC, I can see my
> disk one but i can't see my RAID, do I need drivers or something?
>
> logging into the server itself (hyper-v 2008 R2), i can't see the RAID
> also.
>
> any thought?
>
> SeaMan
Sent: 09/13/2009
From: "Geoff N. Hiten" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Your RAID partitions should be OK.
You will need to export your VMs before upgrading, then import them after
the upgrade.
--
Geoff N. Hiten
Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"1_SeaMan_1" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> Thanks for the reply. I will try it today.
> do you think there is a risk on my RAID partitions/configurations?
>
> another question is that do you think i can keep building up my VMs and
> later i have to install the release of hyper-v 2008 R2 safely?
>
>
>
> "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote:
>
>> Yes. you will likely need a driver.
>>
>> http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/raid/sas_raid/SAS-5805/
>>
>> Try the 2008 driver since there is no 2008R2 driver.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Geoff N. Hiten
>> Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
>> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>>
>>
>>
>> "1_SeaMan_1" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> >I had (hyper-v 2008 R2) install on disk 1 by itself. i also have Adaptec
>> >5805
>> > RAID controller with 5 Disk, 1TB each with RAID 6 configured
>> > when i run admin consol (scvmm, or else) from my client PC, I can see
>> > my
>> > disk one but i can't see my RAID, do I need drivers or something?
>> >
>> > logging into the server itself (hyper-v 2008 R2), i can't see the RAID
>> > also.
>> >
>> > any thought?
>> >
>> > SeaMan
>>
>>
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