Managing a volume, Extending a volume, Extending a basic volume using cli – Dell PowerVault NX3000 User Manual

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Managing A Volume

Disk Management can be used to manage disks and volumes.

You can initialize disks, create volumes, and format volumes with the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS file systems using

Disk Management.

Disk Management enables you to perform most disk-related tasks without restarting the system or interrupting

users. Most configuration changes take effect immediately.

Extending A Volume

You can add more space to existing primary partitions and logical drives by extending them into adjacent un-allocated
space on the same disk. To extend a basic volume, it must be raw or formatted with the NTFS file system.

Extending A Basic Volume Using The Windows Interface

NOTE: If you do not have un-allocated space in your disk, use Dell OpenManage Server Administrator to extend
your LUN before you extend your volume.

To extend a basic volume using the Windows interface:

1.

In Disk Management, right-click the Basic Volume you want to extend.

2.

Click Extend Volume….

3.

Follow the instructions on your screen. Choose the disk, type in the amount of space and complete the wizard.

Extending A Basic Volume Using CLI

To extend a basic volume using CLI:

1.

Open a command prompt window and type diskpart.

2.

At the DISKPART prompt, type list volume.

3.

Make note of the basic volume you want to extend.

4.

At the DISKPART prompt:
a) type select volume <volume number> to select the basic volume number that you want to extend into

contiguous, empty space on the same disk

b) type extend [size=<size>] to extend the selected volume by size megabytes (MB).
Example:
C:\Users\administrator.NAS3K>diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 6.0.6001

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On computer: R01-4

DISKPART> list volume

The Table below lists the volume:

Volume

#

Letter

Label

File System

Type

Size

Status

Volume

0

C

OS

NTFS

Partition

119 GB

Healthy

Volume

1

E

NTFS

Partition

816 GB

Healthy

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