When file system auto-expansion is enabled or disabled for a storage pool, you cannot change the setting for a single file system in the storage pool; you must enable or disable file system auto-expansion for all file systems in the storage pool.
When file system auto-expansion is disabled and a file system requires expansion, you must expand the file system manually.
The ability for file systems in a storage pool to automatically expand is enabled or disabled at the storage pool level.
- When file system auto‐expansion is enabled for a storage pool, file systems in the storage pool may be allowed to auto‐expand or they may be confined to a specified size limit. File system auto‐expansion is enabled or disabled for each file system independently
- When file system auto‐expansion is disabled for a storage pool, file systems in the storage pool are not allowed to auto‐expand. You cannot change the setting for an individual file system in the storage pool to allow auto‐expansion.
When file system auto‐expansion is disabled (at the storage pool level, or for an individual file system) and a file system requires expansion, you must expand the file system manually.