Expands the size of one or more specified
volumes.

>>-expandvol--+--------+--+------------------------+------------>
+- -?----+ '- -client --client_name-'
+- -h----+
'- -help-'
.-------------.
V |
>--+---volume_name-+-+-----------------------------------------><
'- - -------------'
Parameters
- –? | –h | –help
- Displays a detailed description of this command, including syntax, parameter
descriptions, and examples. If you specify a help option, all other command
options are ignored.
- –client client_name
- Specifies the name of a client to perform the volume expansion.
To
expand a volume in a user storage pool, you must specify
a SAN File System client that meets the following conditions:
- The client must have access to the volume that is being added as a SAN
File System volume. To list all active clients that can access the volume,
use the reportclient –lun command.
- The client must be active and appear in the registered (active) client
list.
Restriction: Do not specify a client if you expanding
a volume in the system storage pool.
- volume_name
- Specifies the name of one or more volumes to expand to the new size.
- –
- Specifies that in single-shot command mode you want this
command to receive from the input stream (stdin) the names of one or
more volumes to expand.
Prerequisites
You
must have Administrator privileges to use the command.
You must be logged
in to the operating system on the engine hosting the master metadata
server to run this command.
Description
The
volume can only be expanded. You cannot make a volume smaller.
Note: SAN
Volume Controller does not automatically update to an expanded size. To ensure
that an AIX® 5.2
client is aware of SAN Volume Controller LUN expansion, you must temporarily
unmount the client file system and mount the client again.
Other clients require a restart to see the expanded LUN size.
Example
Expand a volume The following example expands
the volume myOtherVol:
sfscli> expandvol -client superClient myOtherVol
Volume myOtherVol was expanded successfully.