HP ProLiant ML370 G4 Server - Manual (Page 13)

Post-installation tasks 13
Configuring the disk drives
The primary logical drive, which contains the operating system, is the only drive on the server that is
configured during the operating system installation. Additional space that is not partitioned is also located
on the primary drive. This nonpartitioned space and any additional disk drives on the server must be
partitioned and formatted using Disk Administrator before they can be available for use.
1. Click Start, and select All Programs>Administrative Tools>Computer Management.
2. Expand the Storage directory, and then select Disk Management. The disk and logical drive
information appears on the right side of the window.
3. Click Action, and then click Rescan Disks if the new logical drive created by the ACU does not
appear on the bottom right side of the Computer Management window as unallocated space.
4. Right-click Disk 1 on the bottom right panel, which displays a small red circle on the disk icon, and
then select Initialize Disk.
5. Select Disk 1, and then click OK on the Initialize Disk screen. The small red circle is now gone, and
the disk is identified as a Basic disk.
6. Right-click the box containing the disk size amount, which is labeled "Unallocated," and then select
New Partition.
7. Click Next at the New Partition Wizard screen.
8. Select either Primary or Extended Partition, and then click Next at the Select Partition Type screen.
9. Click Next to use the maximum disk space, or enter the amount you want for the partition size at the
Specify Partition Size screen.
10. Click Next to accept the drive letter assigned by default at the Assign Drive Letter or Path screen. The
Format Partition screen appears.
11. To format the drive, select the appropriate file system format (the default selection is NTFS) and the
Allocation Unit Size, and then either enter the Volume Label or accept the default label.
12. (Optional) Select Perform a quick format and Enable file and folder compression.
13. If the drive will not be formatted, select Do not format this partition.
14. Click Next.
15. Click Finish at the Completing the New Partition Wizard screen. The partition is formatted to the file
system that was selected and is labeled "Healthy" at the completion of the format.
For more information on configuring the new disk drives and upgrading to dynamic disks, refer to the
operating system documentation.
Creating an additional page file
When additional memory or software applications are installed on the server, errors can occur in the
event log, indicating that the C drive is nearing capacity. To solve this problem, move applications
located on the C drive to another partition or create a page file. Creating the page file on a separate
partition to support the amount of memory in the server is the most efficient solution.
After an additional page file has been created, set the page file on the boot partition to the amount of
memory in the server. For additional information about creating page files, refer to the Help file, which
can be accessed by clicking Start and selecting Help and Support.