Manage FlashArray Volume(s) from Windows Server Host

Microsoft Platform Guide

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1. Rescan/update the Windows Server host, SERVER08 to see the new volumes.


PS C:\> "rescan" | diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.14393.0
Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: SERVER01
DISKPART>
Please wait while DiskPart scans your configuration...

DiskPart has finished scanning your configuration.

DISKPART>
PS C:\>

2. View the currently connected volumes to the Windows Server host.


PS C:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_DiskPartition | Format-Table -AutoSize

NumberOfBlocks BootPartition Name                  PrimaryPartition         Size Index
-------------- ------------- ----                  ----------------         ---- -----
     314566656         False Disk #0, Partition #0             True 161058127872     0
        204800          True Disk #1, Partition #0             True    104857600     0

3. Initialize the new volumes.


PS C:\> diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7600
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: WIN-EE93M7FPKF6

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Offline         150 GB  1024 KB
  Disk 1    Online          150 GB      0 B
  Disk 3    Online         1024 GB  1024 GB
  
DISKPART> select disk 3
Disk 3 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> detail disk

Disk ID: 00000000
Type   : FIBRE
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 2
LUN ID : 3
Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

There are no volumes.

4. Create a new partition.


DISKPART> create partition primary

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.
DISKPART> assign letter=N

DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.

5. Format volumes as NTFS. The below example sets the Unit (cluster size or allocation unit size) to 64KB (65,536).


DISKPART> format fs=ntfs label="NTFS" quick unit=65536

  100 percent completed
  DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.