02-28-2017
Quick update:
The filesystem increase went very smoothly. I did it in a number of steps, increasing in size as each step completed with no problems or delays.
Smallest increase was 1TB, largest increase was 5TB.
All of them completed very quickly, longest was probably around 20 seconds.
Cheers.
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extendfs
extendfs(1M) extendfs(1M)
NAME
extendfs - extend a file system size (generic)
SYNOPSIS
FStype] size] special
DESCRIPTION
If the original file system image created on special does not make use of all of the available space, can be used to increase the capacity
of a file system by updating the file system structure to include the extra space.
The command-line parameter special specifies the device special file of either a logical volume or a disk partition. The special must be
un-mounted before can be run (see mount(1M)).
Options
recognizes the following options:
Specify the file system type on which to operate (see
fstyp(1M) and fs_wrapper(5)). If this option is not included on the command line, then the file system type is determined
from the file
Query the size of
special. No file system extension will be done.
Verbose flag.
Specifies the number of
blocks to be added to the file system. If size is not specified, the maximum possible size is used.
EXAMPLES
To increase the capacity of a file system created on a logical volume, enter:
SEE ALSO
fstyp(1M), lvextend(1M), mkfs(1M), mount(1M), umount(1M), fs_wrapper(5).
extendfs(1M)