Managing A Volume; Extending A Volume; Prerequisites - Dell PowerVault NX3100 Administrator's Manual

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6 Select the volume size, assign the drive letter, choose the file system type,

type in the volume label, select the format option, and complete the

volume create operation.

Managing a Volume

Disk Management can be used to manage disks and volumes.

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You can initialize disks, create volumes, and format volumes with the FAT,

FAT32, or NTFS file systems using Disk Management.

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Disk Management enables you to perform most disk-related tasks without

restarting the system or interrupting users. Most configuration changes

take effect immediately.

You can add more space to existing primary partitions and logical drives by

extending them into adjacent un-allocated space on the same disk. To extend

a basic volume, it must be raw or formatted with the NTFS file system.

If you do not have un-allocated space in your disk, use Dell OpenManage

Server Administrator to extend your LUN before you extend your volume.

To extend a basic volume using the Windows interface:

1 In Disk Management, right-click the Basic Volume you want to extend.

2 Click Extend Volume....

3 Follow the instructions on your screen. Choose the disk, type in the

amount of space and complete the wizard.

To extend a basic volume using CLI:

1 Open a command prompt window and type diskpart.

2 At the DISKPART prompt, type list volume.

3 Make note of the basic volume you want to extend.

4 At the DISKPART prompt:

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