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filled before writes to the next stripeset begin. To change the Stripe

State to optimal, you will need to recreate the dynamic volume.

To display the properties from the command line, use the following

command:

mx dynvolume properties <volumeName>

Extend a Dynamic Volume

The Extend Volume option allows you to add subdevices to an existing

dynamic volume. When you extend the volume on which a filesystem is

mounted, you can optionally increase the size of the filesystem to fill the

size of the volume.

NOTE: The subdevices used for a striped dynamic volume are called a

stripeset. When a striped dynamic volume is extended, the new

subdevices form another stripeset. The original stripeset is filled

first; then the new stripeset is filled. If you want the entire

dynamic volume to be in the same stripeset, you will need to

recreate the volume.

To extend a dynamic volume on the Management Console, select Storage

> Dynamic Volume > Extend Volume and then choose the volume that

you want to extend.

If a filesystem is on the volume, the Extend Dynamic Volume window

shows information for both the dynamic volume and the filesystem.