Copy a disk drive

You can create a new integrated Windows server disk drive (network server storage space) by copying data from an existing disk drive.

To copy a disk drive, follow these steps:

  1. Expand Integrated Server Administration —> All Virtual Disks.
  2. Select a disk drive from the list available.
  3. Right-click the disk drive and select New Based On or click the appropriate icon on the iSeries™ Navigator toolbar.
  4. Specify a disk drive name and description.
  5. Specify the disk capacity. See the online help for details on valid disk sizes associated with a particular file system format. If you want to increase the size of the disk while copying it, you can specify a larger size. The extended portion of the disk will be unpartitioned free space.
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    The DISKPART command line utility can be used to expand an existing partition in order to utilize any additional free space. Refer to the Microsoft® Knowledge base articles for DISKPART for details and limitations.
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  6. Select a disk pool (auxiliary storage pool) to contain the disk.
  7. Click OK.

If you want to use the CL command, see Create Network Storage Space (CRTNWSSTG).