Expanding the Capacity of a Volume While Online

Transformation lets you expand the capacity of a volume by adding new drives or making use of unused space on existing disks, without requiring a reboot. Perform these steps to expand the capacity of a volume.
Attention: Make sure to back up the data on the volume before you proceed with the transformation and expand the array before performing an transformation operation.
  1. Navigate to the Controller Dashboard, click an array name (for example, Array_1).
    Click the icon that corresponds to the array to display its contents.
    The volumes an drives associated with the selected array appear.
  2. Click the volume whose capacity you want to expand.
  3. Select More Actions > Expand.
    The Expand Volume dialog appears.
  4. Select the percentage of the available capacity that you want the volume to use.
  5. Click Expand.
    The volume expands by the selected percentage of the available capacity.