Expanding Virtual Disk Capacity - Dell PowerEdge User Manual

4 If the target system was turned off, turn on the system.
CAUTION: The BIOS Configuration Utility pauses, and prompts for action, for the degraded virtual disk(s), if the "pause if
degraded" option is enabled in the BIOS Configuration Utility.
CAUTION: After the migration occurs, ensure that all of the physical disks have been migrated and are present in the appropriate
virtual disks.

Expanding virtual disk capacity

The capacity of a virtual disk can be expanded online by using the Online Capacity Expansion/Reconfigure (OCE/Reconfigure). OCE/
Reconfigure is a process that allows you to add storage capacity to an existing virtual disk. In most cases additional storage capacity can be
added without taking the system offline.
NOTE: If an additional physical disk is required and the system does not support hot-swapping, the system must be turned
off.
OCE/Reconfigure enables you to increase the total storage capacity of a virtual disk by integrating unused storage with the virtual disk.
Data can be accessed while the physical disks are added (if a system has hot-swap capability) and while data on the virtual disk is being
redistributed.
For volume, RAID 1, and RAID 10, OCE/Reconfigure expands the virtual disk by using the available space of the physical disks, which have
been members of the virtual disk. For RAID 0 and RAID 5, additional capacity can be attained by adding physical disks to the virtual disk.
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