RAIDWatch User's Manual

RAIDWatch User’s Manual
Figure 9-7: The Expand Command Sub-window
Available Expand Size (MB)
If there is an amount of unused capacity in a logical drive, the LD may be
expanded. If there is no amount present in the text box, then the LD
cannot be expanded.
Set Expansion Size
A value can be entered in this text box if and only if an amount is shown
in the Available Expand Size text box. The value entered into the
Expansion Size text box cannot exceed the amount shown above. The
value entered here specifies the size of the LD expansion.
Execute Expand
Execute Expand allows you to determine whether or not the expansion
will be done online or offline. If you wish to do an online expansion, then
the expand process will be completed once the subsystem finds I/O
requests from the host are comparatively low and allows the expand
operation. If you wish to do an offline expansion, then the OFFLINE
menu item will begin immediately.
9.2.3.4. Click Expand to Initiate LD Expansion
To initiate the LD expansion, follow these steps:
Step 6. Once the LD expansion parameters have been selected, click the
Expand button at the bottom of the Expand page.
Step 7. The expand process begins and you may check the progress in the
Tasks Under Process window.
Step 8. The logical drive will now have a new last partition the same size
as the expansion. You may right-click the logical drive field
listed above to display the Edit Partition command to verify this.
9-10 Logical Drive Management