VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Volume Tasks
Resizing a Volume
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Notes:
• This task requires a volume name and either the desired size or the
amount of space to add to or subtract from the volume size.
• A volume containing file system other than vxfs cannot be shrunk.
• Shrinking a volume with an unmounted file system can result in data
loss, so a volume containing an unmounted file system cannot be
shrunk.
• When a volume is shrunk, the resulting extra space is returned to the
free space pool.
• When the volume size is increased, sufficient disk space must be
available. When increasing the size of a volume, the Volume Manager
assigns the necessary new space from available disks.