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Expanding iSCSI LUN Size
Can someone please confirm that expanding the capacity of an iSCSI LUN is a non-destructive activity that does not impact data currently stored on the volume? While I have a backup of the data, I'd b...
helo227 wrote: Can you expand while the data on the LUN is being accessed? I have an iSCSI LUN connected to my file server and wanted to expand it. Do I have to stop the sharing in Windows and tell users not to access those network drives while it expands?
I believe the ReadyNAS interface strongly recommends that you disconnect all initiators before starting the expansion.
While the LUN expansion worked flawlessly, I did run into an issue where I couldn't get OSX to expand the HFS+ partition to match the new volume size. This is a separate issue that I worked around by reformatting the partition and copying data back from a backup. This isn't likely to be a problem with other file systems, and I'm still not entirely sure why I wasn't able to grow the HFS+ partition.
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