Extending a logical volume 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.
To extend a logical volume:
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Navigate to the Logical Volumes portlet.
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Select a logical volume, and click Extend from the Actions dropdown.
The Extend Logical Volume wizard displays:
The Logical Volume Size panel contains the following fields:
Field
Description
Extend Logical Volume
Title of the panel.
Note: If the logical volume has a mount point, then the title will be Extend File System. See Using the Extend File System Size wizard.Logical Volume Size
The current step in the Extend Logical Volume wizard.
Logical Volume 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.
Current size
The current size of the logical volume in MB.
New size
The new size of the logical volume in MB of the logical volume. 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.
Recovery 1
Displays first recovery server information. If only one recovery server has been configured, then this column label is Recovery.
Recovery 2
Displays second server 2 information. If a second recovery server has not been configured, then this column is hidden. Only displayed if a second recovery server is configured.
Volume group
Name of the volume group on the production server and the volume group for the replica on the recovery server 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.
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Click Next.
The second and final panel of the Extend Logical Volume wizard panel displays.
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Click Finish.
The logical volume will be extended, replication will be stopped, and the configuration will be updated.
The Extend Logical Volume panel contains the following fields:
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Extend Logical Volume |
Title of the panel. Note: If the logical volume has a mount point, then the title will be
Extend File System. See Using the Extend File System Size wizard.
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Extend Logical Volume |
The current step in the Extend Logical Volume wizard. |
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Extend Logical Volume: Title of the panel. |
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Instance |
Instance for which information is being displayed. |
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Replication group: |
Displays the name of the replication group for which information is being displayed. This also includes the production and recovery servers to fully qualify which replication group. |
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Cluster |
Displays the name of the cluster that this replication group belongs. Dash (-) if none. |
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Logical volume |
Name of the logical volume. |
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Current logical volume size |
The current size of the logical volume or file system. |
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New logical volume size |
The new size of the file system or logical volume that was specified on the previous panel. |