From: Ulrich Bernhard (ulrich.bernhard@id.unizh.ch)
Date: Fri Apr 22 2005 - 09:30:39 EDT
Thanks for all the answers.
I have done the following:
- showfdmn domain-name (gives me the dskX)
- Extend the volume on the SAN storage (EVA)
- hwmgr scan scsi
- disklabel -rd dskX
- mount -u -o extend domain-name#files /mountpoint
and the filesystem has the new size.
Ulrich Bernhard
Ulrich Bernhard wrote:
> We would like to grow a volume mounted from a SAN storage EVA5000. I
> have searched the internet but have found only one solution:
>
> Unattach the volume, resize it on the SAN storage, attach the larger
> volume, format the volume.
>
> Is this really the only way, are there no other ways to grow a
> filesystem without reformatting the filesystem?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Ulrich Bernhard
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