VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (September 2004)

Volume Tasks
Resizing a Dynamic Volume
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Resizing a Dynamic Volume
The Resize Volume procedure changes the size of a volume. If users
require more space on a volume, you can use this procedure to increase
the size of the volume. If a volume contains unused space that you need
to use elsewhere, you can use this procedure to shrink the volume. If the
volume contains a file system, this procedure also resizes the file system.
To resize a volume
Step 1. Select the volume to be resized.
Step 2. Choose Actions > Resize Volumes.
Step 3. Complete the Resize Volume wizard as follows:
NOTE
New Size: Specify one of the following:
• To increase the volume size by a specific
amount of space, use the Add By field to
specify how much space should be added to
the volume.
• To decrease the volume size by a specific
amount of space, use the Subtract By field
to specify how much space should be
removed from the volume.
• To specify the new volume size, enter the
size in the New Volume Size field.
To determine the largest possible size for the
volume, click Max Size after choosing options.
Options: To use a specific disk for the additional space,
click Manually assign destination disks,
then use the buttons for adding and removing
disks to move the disk or disks you want
assigned as a destination disk to the right pane
of the window.