Increase the capacity of a volume

You can increase (grow) the capacity of a volume. The minimum and maximum size is dependent on the storage system, see the storage system documentation for information on volume size.

NOTE:

You cannot increase the capacity of a full-provisioned volume beyond the remaining capacity in the storage pool.

Prerequisites

Privileges: Infrastructure administrator, Server administrator, or Storage administrator.

Procedure
  1. From the main menu, select STORAGE > Volumes, and do one of the following:

    • In the master pane, select the volume for which you want to increase the capacity and select Actions > Edit.

    • Hover your pointer in the details pane and click the Edit icon.

  2. Edit the values shown on the screen.
  3. Click OK to apply your changes.
  4. Verify that the volume capacity has been increased by reviewing the Provisioned capacity in the details pane.