EMC Celerra Manager unallocated stripe space slicing

Question

Hi everyone, I have an EMC storage array  which was configured by an outsourced   provider. We are running out of  room on one of our file systems in use   by virtual machines. I need to  slice some available space from another   stripe and reassign it to be  used for this VM file system (meta volume). Is this  possible in Celerra Manager or CLI? This is the screenshot of the stripe with available space. The VirtualMachines meta volume below it is where we would like the space moved to. Thanks, Ryan

gbarretoxx1 · Accepted Answer

Hi,

one more thing.

Make sure the file system you want to extend was created using AVM.

The command "nas_fs -i " will tell you on the "pool" line.

If it was created with AVM, use the AVM to extend it :

# nas_fs -x size=X pool=

Gustavo Barreto.

gbarretoxx1 · Answer

Hi, it seems you are using AVM ( Automated Volume Manager ) to create your file systems. Please, post the output of : # nas_pool -size -all Gustavo Barreto.

is-veramark.com · Answer

id = 3

name = clar_r5_performance

used_mb = 4194304

avail_mb = 745469

total_mb = 4939773

potential_mb = 4626856

id = 4

name = clar_r5_economy

used_mb = 0

avail_mb = 0

total_mb = 0

potential_mb = 2195452

id = 10

name = clarata_archive

used_mb = 8376704

avail_mb = 1013370

total_mb = 9390074

potential_mb = 1878014

is-veramark.com · Answer

Hi Gustavo,

I wanted to ask a couple of questions before I execute this command:

1) Is the "Size" argument asking for the total desired size of the volume, or is it asking for how much we want to be added?

2) Is the command safe to execute while it's online?

Thanks,

Ryan

Rainer_EMC · Answer

extend means the additional size it's online and safe - of course you need to be sure the size is correct since you can't undo it

gbarretoxx1 · Answer

Hi, 1) Is the 'Size' argument asking for the total desired size of the volume, or is it asking for how much we want to be added? You have to put how much you are adding to the file system. 2) Is the command safe to execute while it's online? Yes, it's safe to execute it online. Gustavo Barreto.

Celerra

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