Expanding the Virtual Disks Display

You can expand the size of a virtual disk if there are enough unassigned disks and the virtual disk is Online and Ready.

Note: When you expand a virtual disk, the disk drives that participate in the virtual disk must all be of the same type, either Serial Attached Technology Advancement (SATA) or Fibre Channel (FC).

To expand a virtual disk:

  1. Click Sun StorEdge 6130 Configuration Service.
  2. The Array Summary page is displayed

  3. Click the array for which you want to expand the virtual disk size.
  4. The Volume Summary page is displayed.

  5. Click Logical Storage > Virtual Disks.
  6. The Virtual Disk Summary page is displayed.

  7. Click the name of the virtual disk you want to expand.
  8. The Virtual Disk Details page for that virtual disk is displayed.

  9. Click Expand to see the disks available for the expansion of the virtual disk.
  10. The Disk List page for the selected virtual disk is displayed.

  11. Select the disks you want to include to expand the capacity of the virtual disk.
  12. The Virtual Disk Details page refreshes itself, and a message confirms the virtual disk expansion.

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