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10.5 Advanced Logical Drive Functions
10.5.1 Viewing Unassigned Free Space
Prior to creating or expanding a logical drive, you may wish to examine the unassigned free space. This
will help you identify the available free space that can be used to create and expand logical drives.
The Create Logical Drive window is designed to display all available unused space or free regions.
1
From the Main screen in the Tool Bar click on the
Create Logical Drive
icon.
The available free space is displayed in the “Select which Array(s) to Use” scrollable window. You will
see each array and how much space is available.
2
If you were just interested in the available free space, click the
CLOSE
button. Otherwise to continue with
creating a logical drive,
see 6.5 ”Create the Logical Drive” beginning on page 62.
10.5.2 Expanding a Logical Drive
Caution
You must stop all host I/O operations prior to deleting an array.
Expanding a logical drive is a utility that allows you to take an existing logical drive and expand its
capacity using free regions.
Note
After the expansion process has completed you will need to use a third-party volume/partition software
product to manipulate any existing partitions.
1
Stop all host I/O operations.
2
From the Main screen in the Logical Drives section, click on a
<logical_drive_name>
that you wish to
expand. The Logical Drive Information window will open.
Figure 10–24
Create Logical Drive Window
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