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100 Chapter 9. Managing GFS
9.5.1. Usage
gfs_grow MountPoint
MountPoint
Specifies the GFS file system to which the actions apply.
9.5.2. Comments
Before running the
gfs_grow
command:
•
Back up important data on the file system.
•
Display the pool volume that is used by the file system to be expanded by running a
gfs_tool df
MountPoint
command.
•
Expand the underlying pool volume with a
pool_tool -g command
. Refer to
Section 5.8 Growing a Pool Volume for additional information.
After running the
gfs_grow
command, run a
df
command to check that the new space is now avail-
able in the file system.
9.5.3. Examples
In this example, the file system on the
/gfs1/
directory is expanded.
gfs_grow /gfs1
In this example, the state of the mounted file system is checked.
gfs_grow -Tv /gfs1
9.5.4. Complete Usage
gfs_grow [ Options ] { MountPoint | Device } [ MountPoint | Device ]
MountPoint
Specifies the directory where the GFS file system is mounted.
Device
Specifies the device node of the file system.
Table 9-3 describes the GFS-specific options that can be used while expanding a GFS file system.