Using the Extend File System Size wizard - assure_mimix - 6.0

Extending a file system increases its size on each server in the replication group. Configuration for the replication group may need to be updated to support the new size. Specify a larger size for the file system and click Next.

To extend a file system:

1. Navigate to the Logical Volumes portlet.

2. Select a file system, and click Extend from the Actions dropdown.

   The Extend File System wizard displays:

   

   The File System Size panel contains the following fields:

   Field	Description
   Extend File System	Title of the panel.
   File System Size	The current step in the Extend File System wizard.
   File System Size: The title of the panel.
   Logical Volume	Name of the logical volume. This can be any logical volume in the replication group.
   Type	Type of logical volume. Examples are raw, jfs, jfs2, and jfs2log.
   File System	File system/mount point for the logical volume. Possible values: Path names. Dash ( - ) if the logical volume does not have a mount point. Typically, around 20 characters but can be as long as 2048. If the length exceeds 76, the text is truncated with an ellipsis in the middle.
   Current size	The current size of the file system in MB.
   New size	The new size of the file system in MB. The size must be greater than the current size and not greater than the maximum size.
   Maximum size without configuration update	If a size is chosen that is greater than this value, then replication must be stopped and the configuration update Values are specified as integers.
   Additional Server Details
   Server	Host name of the servers that are part of this replication group.
   Volume group	Name of the volume group on the production server and the volume group for the replica on the recovery servers for the logical volume.
   Physical partitions	The total number of physical partitions in the volume group.
   Free	The number of physical partitions available to this logical volume from the volume group.
   Used	The number of used physical partitions in the volume group.
   Partition size	Physical partition size in megabytes (MB).
   Logical volume size	Size in gigabytes (GB) of the logical volume.
   Maximum size	The maximum size that the logical volume can be grown.
   Physical partitions	The total number of physical partitions in the logical volume.

3. Click Next.

   The second and final panel of the Extend File System wizard panel displays.

   

4. Click Finish.

The file system will be extended, replication will be stopped, and the configuration will be updated.

The Extend File System panel contains the following fields: