Expand a dynamic volume
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Expand a dynamic volume

The Expand Volume command lets you increase a dynamic volume's size. You can have the program automatically assign destination disks, or you can manually assign these disks.

You can expand a volume only in case of the following:

You cannot expand a volume if one of the following is true:

You can extend volumes onto a maximum of 256 disks. No portion of an extended volume can be deleted without deleting the entire volume.

For Site-based volumes, auto-grow and manual grow operations always adhere to site boundary restrictions.

To expand a dynamic volume

  1. Right-click the dynamic volume you want to expand and select Resize Volume > Expand volume from the context menu that appears.
  2. Complete the following on the Expand Volume panel:

    Current Volume Size

    Specifies the current size of the volume.

    Select from the drop-down list volume size in Sectors, KB, MB, GB, or TB.

    Add by

    This option lets you add a specific value to current volume by entering a numerical value in the box.

    Select the drop-down list to indicate volume size in Sectors, KB, MB, GB, or TB.

    New volume size

    Max size

    Specifies the total volume size after growing the volume.

    Click Max Size to enter the maximum volume size.

    Select the drop-down list to indicate volume size in Sectors, KB, MB, GB, or TB.

    Auto assign destination disks

    Select this option to assign disk or disks automatically.

    Mirror across

    Select this check box to mirror across disks by Port, Target, Enclosure, or Channel.

    Thin Provisioned Disks Only

    Select this check box to list only thin provisioned disks under the "Available disks" box.

    If not selected, then all disks are listed.

    Manually assign destination disks

    Select this option to assign disk or disks manually.

    Use the Select or Select All buttons to select disk or disks respectively

    Disable Track Alignment

    Select this check box to disable track alignment for the volume.

    Click OK.

More Information

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