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July 23rd, 2013 12:00

Change thin provision to thick provision

Server has thin provision, They are requesting to change to thick provision. I have use below command to change that is it right.

symconfigure –sid 62 –cmd “start allocate on tdev 024B start_cyl=0 end_cyl=last_cyl, allocate_type=persistent;” preview -v

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    Posted July 23rd, 2013 12:00

    Yeah that will fully, persistently allocate the TDEV. Just change the preview to commit to execute it.

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    Posted July 23rd, 2013 12:00

    Thank you, I just want to confirm.

  • dynamox

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    Posted July 23rd, 2013 12:00

    correct, that will pre-allocate everything.

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    Posted July 23rd, 2013 12:00

    If i want to change to thick to thin, can i use same command and end_cyl will 2MB or 2GB.

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    Posted July 23rd, 2013 18:00

    To free up the persistently allocated tracks, use the following command:

    symconfigure -sid xxx -cmd "start reclaim on tdev xxx, allocate_type = persistent;" commit.

    regards,

    Saurabh