Moving A Volume To A Larger Disk - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP 2 - CLUSTER SERVICES 1.8.7 FOR LINUX Manual

7 Select the Cluster Segment Manager, click Next, then select the disk you want to expand the
volume to.
The entire disk is used for the expansion, so you must select a disk that does not have other
volumes on it.
8 Provide the same settings information (same name, type (Private), owning node, and so on) as
the existing container for the volume, the save your changes.
9 Click the Volumes tab, right-click the volume, then click Expand.
10 Select the volume that you are expanding, then click Next.
11 Verify the current volume size and the size of the volume after it is expanded, then click Next.
The expanded volume size should include the size of the disk the volume is being expanded to.
12 Select the storage device the volume is being expanded to, select Expand, and save your
changes.
13 Click Save twice, then exit evmsgui.

11.6.2 Moving a Volume to a Larger Disk

1 Enter
at a terminal console prompt as the
evmsgui
2 In evmsgui, unmount the file system for the volume you want to move by right-clicking the
volume and selecting Unmount.
3 Add a larger disk to the CSM container:
3a In evmsgui, click Actions, select Create, then click Container.
3b Select the Cluster Segment Manager, then click Next.
3c Select the larger disk you want to move the volume to.
The entire disk is used for the expansion, so you must select a disk that does not have
other volumes on it.
3d Provide the same settings information (name, type (Private), owning node, and so on) as
the existing container for the volume, then save your changes.
3e Click Save and exit evmsgui.
4 Restart evmsgui, click the Containers tab, then expand the container so that the objects under
the container appear.
The new disk should appear as part of the container.
5 Right-click the object for the disk where the volume resides and select Replace.
6 Select the object for the disk where the volume will be moved, then click Next.
7 Save your changes.
Saving your changes could take a while, depending on volume size and other factors.
8 Click Save, exit evmsgui, then restart evmsgui.
9 Click the Volumes tab, right-click the volume, then select Check/Repair filesystem.
This runs the repair process and ensures that no problems exist on the moved volume.
10 Click the Disks tab, right-click the disk the volume was moved from, then select Remove from
container.
11 Click Save twice, then exit evmsgui.
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