Expand the volume capacity as follows.
When you expand volumes by specifying Total Capacity, verify that no other user expands volumes by specifying Total Capacity at the same time.
Otherwise, the volume might not be expanded to the specified volume.
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Required role: Storage or VpsStorage
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Open one of the following windows.
- Volumes window
- Volume detailed information window
- Compute Node detailed information window
- Storage Controllers detailed information window (only for iSCSI connection)
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Expand volumes by using one of the following methods.
- In the Volumes window, select the expansion-target volumes (1 to 25 volumes), click the preceding icon shown to the right of Select All, and then, from the menu that appears, select Expand Volumes.
- Change the view mode of the Volumes window to Inventory view, click the preceding icon shown for each expansion-target Volume, and then, from the menu that appears, select Expand Volumes.
- Click the preceding icon in the Volume detailed information window for the volume to be extended, and then select Expand Volumes.
- In the Compute Node detailed information window, select the expansion-target volumes (1 to 25 nodes), click the preceding icon shown to the right of Select All, and then, from the menu that appears, select Expand Volumes.
- Change the view mode of the Compute Node detailed information window to Inventory view, click the preceding icon shown for each expansion-target volume, and then, from the menu that appears, select Expand Volumes.
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When the compute port uses iSCSI connection:
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In Volumes of the Storage Controllers detailed information window, select the expansion-target volumes (1 to 25 nodes), click the preceding icon shown to the right of Select All, and then, from the menu that appears, select Expand Volumes.
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In Volumes of the Storage Controllers detailed information window (displayed as inventory view), click the preceding icon shown for each expansion-target volume, and then, from the menu that appears, select Expand Volumes.
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The following dialogs appears.
When SPECIFY CAPACITY BY is set to "Additional Capacity":
When SPECIFY CAPACITY BY is set to "Total Capacity":
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Enter each of the following parameters:
- SPECIFY CAPACITY BY: Select how you specify capacity expansion.
- ADDITIONAL CAPACITY: When SPECIFY CAPACITY BY is set to "Additional Capacity", specify the logical capacity to be added to the volume.
- TOTAL CAPACITY: When SPECIFY CAPACITY BY is set to "Total Capacity", specify the capacity after expansion.
- Click Submit.
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When the following "Completed" message is displayed, processing is
completed.
- Successfully expanded volumes.