Increasing DP-VOL capacity

Use this procedure to increase the capacity of a DP-VOL.

Before you begin

The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.

Procedure

  1. Click Storage Systems, and then expand the Storage Systems tree.

  2. Click Pools.

  3. Select the pool associated with the DP-VOL that has the capacity that you want to increase.

  4. Select the Virtual Volumes tab.

  5. From the table, select the DP-VOL with the capacity you want to increase.

  6. Click Expand V-VOLs.

    The Expand V-VOLs window opens. If the DP-VOL is selected from the LDEV table in the Logical Devices window, click More Actions, and then click Expand V-VOLs.

  7. Select Specify total capacity or Specify additional capacity.

  8. If you want to offset the specified LDEV capacity by boundary, change the default Capacity Compatibility Mode (Offset boundary) from OFF to ON.

  9. In Capacity, type the capacity amount.

    Enter the LDEV capacity to two decimal places within the range of values indicated below the text box.

  10. Click Finish.

    The Confirm window appears.

  11. In the Task Name text box, type a unique name for the task or accept the default.

    You can enter up to 32 ASCII characters and symbols, with the exception of: \ / : , ; * ? " < > |. The value "date-window name" is entered by default.

  12. Click Apply.

    If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.
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