Expand Volume - HP P2000 Reference Manual

expand volume

Description Expands a standard volume. Expansion is restricted to the space available on the vdisk containing
the volume. If insufficient space is available for expansion on the vdisk, first expand the vdisk by
using expand
To expand a master volume:
1. Delete all of its snapshots by using
2. Convert it to a standard volume by using
3. Expand the standard volume by using
4. Convert the expanded volume to a master volume by using
Syntax To expand by a specific size:
expand volume
size
volume
To expand to the maximum size:
expand volume
size max
volume
Parameters size size[B|KB|MB|GB|TB|KiB|MiB|GiB|TiB]
Specifies the size using the current base, as shown by the
can be specified as follows:
• If base 2 is in use: B (bytes), KiB (kibibytes), MiB (mebibytes), or GiB (gibibytes)
• If base 10 is in use: B (bytes), KB (kilobytes), MB (megabytes), or GB (gigabytes)
If no unit is specified, the unit is 512-byte blocks.
size max
Expands the volume to fill the available space on the vdisk.
volume
Name or serial number of the volume to expand. For volume syntax, see
page 21.
Example Expand standard volume V1 by 100 GB:
# expand volume size 100GB V1
Success: Command completed successfully. - Expansion of volume V1 was started.
See also • expand vdisk
• show vdisks
• show volumes
92 Alphabetical list of commands
vdisk.
size[B|KB|MB|GB|TB|KiB|MiB|GiB|TiB]
delete all-snapshots.
convert master-to-std.
expand volume.
show cli-parameters
convert std-to-master.
command. The unit
Command syntax on