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krislee
Jul 08, 2015Aspirant
New disk in NV+ v2 and 'Volume expansion failed'
Good evening, I'd like to ask the members/experts about an expansion problem I'm having. I've done a search and suspect it's the usual 8TB volume expansion problem that seems to occur now and agai...
StephenB
Jul 08, 2015Guru - Experienced User
You aren't at the 8 TB limit, since you started at 2 TB volume size and are headed for 8 TB. So the growth is only 6 TB.
You won't get to 4x4TB though, you will need to reset before then. So one option is to bite the bullet and do it now.
I think your volume is redundant though, just not at the capacity it should be at. Since you started with 2 TB, the expansion happens in 2 phases (2 TBs in each phase). The second phase failed for some reason.
You won't get to 4x4TB though, you will need to reset before then. So one option is to bite the bullet and do it now.
I think your volume is redundant though, just not at the capacity it should be at. Since you started with 2 TB, the expansion happens in 2 phases (2 TBs in each phase). The second phase failed for some reason.
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