Expanding An Iscsi Virtual Disk - Acer Altos easyStore M2 User Manual

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Expanding an iSCSI virtual disk

You can expand a virtual disk using SAN Disk Manager only if you
licensed the advanced options of this product (as described in "Adding
or changing a license" on page 225).
Most virtual disks can be expanded as more storage space is needed.
Only virtual disks that were imported on the storage system cannot be
expanded.
To expand an iSCSI virtual disk:
1 Open SAN Disk Manager (as described in "Starting SAN Disk
Manager" on page 212).
2 In the navigation tree, expand SAN Disk Manager and click Disks.
3 In the right pane, right-click the virtual disk that you want to
expand and click Expand Disk.
Note: If the disk that you want to expand does not appear in the
right pane, click Storage Servers in the navigation tree and make
sure that the storage system appears in the right pane. If it
doesn't, add it (as described in "Adding a storage system" on page
213) and try again.
4 In the Expand Size (MB) text box, type the number of megabytes
to add to this disk.
5 Click OK.
The number in the Capacity column reflects the new disk size.
If you did not previously initialize and partition the virtual disk,
the expanded disk space is added to the original unallocated
space, and you can initialize and partition the entire disk using
Disk Management.
If you previously initialized and partitioned the virtual disk, the
expanded disk space is treated as additional unallocated space,
and you can partition it using Disk Management. If you would like
to add the expanded disk space to your existing volume, you must
use a third-party application such as DiskPart, Norton
PartitionMagic™, or VERITAS™ Volume Manager™.
7 Using SAN Disk Manager