Dell Computer Drive manual Disk Group and Virtual Disk Expansion, Disk Group Expansion

Administrative Tools and select the Disk Management MMC option to format and partition the disk. If the host server is running Windows Server 2008 Core version, partition and format the virtual disk using the Microsoft DiskPart utility.

Disk Group and Virtual Disk Expansion

Adding free capacity to a disk group is achieved by adding unconfigured capacity on the array to the disk group. Data is accessible on disk groups, virtual disks, and physical disks throughout the entire modification operation. The additional free capacity can then be used to perform a virtual disk expansion on a standard or snapshot repository virtual disk.

Disk Group Expansion

To add free capacity to a disk group, use the following procedure:

1Click the Modify tab, then click Add Free Capacity (Physical Disks).

2On the Add Free Capacity page, click the disk group you want to expand.

3Click Next beneath the list of disk groups.

The Storage Manager displays information on the disk group you selected.

4In the Add capacity to volume group drop-down menu, choose the amount of unconfigured capacity to add to the disk group.

5Click Finish to start the process of adding capacity to the disk group.

You can also use the Command Line Interface (CLI) on both Windows and Linux hosts to add free capacity to a disk group. See the CLI Guide for more information.

Once the capacity expansion is completed, additional free capacity is available in the disk group for creation of new virtual disks or expansion of existing virtual disks.

Virtual Disk Expansion

Virtual disk expansion is a dynamic modification operation that increases the capacity of standard virtual disks.

NOTE: Snapshot repository virtual disks can be expanded from the CLI or from MD Storage Manager. All other virtual disk types are expandable only from the CLI.

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