HP P2000 G3, Cli Reference Manual

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100 Alphabetical list of commands
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 vdisk .
To expand a master volume:
1. Delete all of its snapshots by using delete all-snapshots .
2. Convert it to a standard volume by using convert master-to-std .
3. Expand the standard volume by using expand volume .
4. Convert the expanded volume to a master volume by using convert std-to-master .
Syntax To expand by a specific size:
expand volume
size
size [B|KB|MB|GB|TB|KiB|MiB|GiB|TiB]
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 show cli-parameters command. The unit
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 Command syntax on
page 22.
Example Expand standard volume
V1
by 100 GB:
# expand volume size 100GB V1
Success: Command completed successfully. - Expansion of volume V1 was
successful. (2012-09-19 10:16:05)
See also • expand vdisk
• show vdisks
• show volumes