I agree - as long as this isn't a system Partition (C:) then you should
be able to restore the 300GB of data using flash backup. Add the
remaining space to the volume. Use Syspart to merge the two partitions
into one.
We do that all the time here to expand Virtual and SAN Volumes, you just
happen to be running a flash backup restore first.
-Jonathan
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Michael
Graff Andersen
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 4:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Flashbackup restores
I would try to use diskpart to extend the volume to 500 GB after the
restore
Think the problem here is that the restore writes the volume information
back
Regards
MIchael
2008/3/1, A Darren Dunham <ddunham AT taos DOT com>:
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 04:49:51PM -0600, Ed Wilts wrote:
> > > Is there a work-around? As I understand it, it's all or nothing
with Full
> > > restores on Flashbackup.
> >
> > If you want to expand the volume, do a file-based restore from your
Flash
> > backups. You'll take longer to do the restore, but the volume will
be
> > expanded.
> >
> > I wouldn't be surprised, though, if there wasn't a 3rd party hack to
expand
> > the size of that volume to let you use the remaining 148GB. Check
into
> > something like Partition Magic or something along those lines. I'm
not
> > that good with Windows though - try it with a test volume first
(unless you
> > like restores :-)).
>
> Exactly what I was thinking. Windows isn't in an unstable state, and
> there are certainly tools out there that can shrink and expand NTFS
> filesystems.
>
> --
> Darren Dunham
ddunham AT taos DOT com
> Senior Technical Consultant TAOS
http://www.taos.com/
> Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay
area
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