Manage disks on a remote computer

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To manage disks on a remote computer

1. Open Computer Management (Local).

2. In the console tree, right-click Computer Management (Local), and then click Connect to another computer.

3. In Another computer, type the name of the computer that you want to manage remotely.

Notes

• To perform this procedure on a local computer, you must be a member of the Backup Operators group or Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. To perform this procedure remotely, you must be a member of the Backup Operators group or Administrators group on the remote computer. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and Using Run as.

  The user of the client computer must also be a member of the Backup Operators group or Administrators group on the remote computer.

• To open Computer Management, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.

• If Windows Firewall (included in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)) is enabled on either the local or remote computer, you must add the following settings to the Exceptions tab in Windows Firewall on the appropriate computer to perform this procedure:

  	Windows XP SP2	Windows Server 2003 SP1
  Client computer (local)	Dmremote.exe TCP 135	Dmremote.exe Vdsldr.exe TCP 135
  Server computer (remote)	Dmadmin.exe TCP 135	Dmadmin.exe Vds.exe TCP 135

• Mirrored volumes, RAID-5 volumes, and GUID partition table (GPT) disks are not available on all versions of Windows. The types of volumes and disks you can create depend on the version of Windows running on the remote computer, not the local computer. For example, you can use a local computer running Windows XP Professional to create mirrored and RAID-5 volumes on a remote computer that is running Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, or Windows Server 2003 operating systems.

• You can use a computer running Windows XP Professional to manage disks on a remote computer running Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 operating systems and vice versa.

• You can use an x86-based or x64-based computer to manage an Itanium-based computer and vice versa.

• If you use a computer running Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 of operating systems to manage a remote computer running Windows 2000, the property pages for IEEE 1394 and universal serial bus (USB) detachable disks do not show all of the information.

• If you use a computer running Windows 2000 to manage a remote x86-based computer running Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP 1), an x64-based computer, or an Itanium-based computer, you cannot manage GUID partition table (GPT) disks or dynamic disks in the remote computer if one of the disks in the disk group is a GPT disk.

Information about functional differences

• Your server might function differently based on the version and edition of the operating system that is installed, your account permissions, and your menu settings. For more information, see Viewing Help on the Web.

See Also

Concepts

Create a striped volume
Create a spanned volume
Create a simple volume
Create a RAID-5 volume
Create a mirrored volume
Create and test a mirrored system or boot volume
Create a partition or logical drive