Can you expand a concatonayed meta

Question

Can you expand a concatonated meta device while protecting the data with a BCV?

I have done this many times before with striped metas but never a conactonated meta:

-thanks

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Boom1 · Answer

yes, you can simply add device. no worries............

dynamox · Answer

Don't need a BCV for concat meta, simply add another device to the existing meta.

Blazer87 · Answer

Great....  thanks to everyone for the quick responses...

dynamox · Answer

no worries, data will be intact. You just need to make sure the OS can take advantage of the new space, on Windows you would use diskpart to extend the partition.

Blazer87 · Answer

Awesome,  thank you....  so no worries of losing the existing data on the meta if it is concat.

SalKhan · Answer

Hi all ,    on the same note can the concat meta member sizes be different if yes has anyone done it or are actively doing it ? Any negatives ? Rgds Salman

dynamox · Answer

they can be. We are not doing it just because it can get confusing , especially if you need to do TimeFinder/SRDF operations.

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