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Old 09-25-2008
How can i grow Raid 5 volume in SVM..?
Hello experts..

How can i grow Raid 5 volume in SVM?

Thanks in advance..
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Old 09-25-2008
Assuming you have created your RAID 5 like this:
metainit d6 -r /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s6 /dev/dsk/c2t0d0s6 /dev/dsk/c3t0d0s6 -i 8k
Can't you grow it simply by doing this:?
growfs -M /mountpoint /dev/md/rdsk/d6
Smilie
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Old 09-26-2008
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