IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

To resize a volume go to the Volumes Volumes & Snapshots panel, right-click to selectthe volume, then choose the Resize option. Change the sizing method drop-down fromBlocks to GB and the volume size is automatically moved to the next multiple of 17 GB. Wecan also use XCLI commands, as shown in Example 7-8.Example 7-8 Resize the D drive using XCLI>> vol_resize vol=Windows2003_D size=68Warning: ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WANT_TO_ENLARGE_VOLUME Y/N: YCommand executed successfully.Because this example is for a Microsoft Windows 2003 basic NTFS disk, we can use thediskpart utility to extend the volume, as shown in Example 7-9.Example 7-9 Expanding a Windows volumeC:\>diskpartDISKPART> list volumeVolume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------Volume 0 C NTFS Partition 34 GB Healthy SystemVolume 4 D Windows2003 NTFS Partition 64 GB HealthyDISKPART> select volume 4Volume 4 is the selected volume.DISKPART> extendDiskPart successfully extended the volumeWe can now confirm that the volume has indeed grown by displaying the volume properties.In Figure 7-22 we can see that the disk is now 68 GB (68,713,955,328 bytes).Figure 7-22 Windows 2003 D drive has grown to 64 GBIn terms of when to do the re-size, a volume cannot be resized while it is part of a datamigration. This means that the migration process must have completed and the migration forChapter 7. Data migration 215