Using the start Command

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Use this command and its parameters to start a long-running operation. Currently, the only long-running operation you can start using this comand is a logical drive expansion operation.

Important:

You will receive an error message when attempting to execute this command when any of the following conditions exist:

For more information about logical drive expansion, see the Subsystem Management Window online help.

If you want to...

Use this command and parameters

start a logical drive expansion operation

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Base Command and Required Parameters

start increaseVolCapacity logicalDrive =<"logicaldrivelabel"> incrementalCapacity=<capacity> drives=<(drive list)>;

where:

  • <"logicaldrivelabel"> = the name of the logical drive you want to expand, enclosed in double quotes
  • <capacity> = the integer amount of capacity you wish to add to the logical drive, followed by a space and the unit of measure (KB, MB, GB, TB or Bytes)

and

  • <(drive list)> = enclosureID, slotID of each unassigned drive, with enclosure and slot ID's separated by a comma, individual drive locations separated with a space, and all drive list information surrounded by parentheses.

Example

Command statement:

start increaseVolCapacity logicalDrive ="Accounting" incrementalCapacity= 5 GB drives=(3,3 2,3);

Execution result:

The increaseVolCapacity command executes, expanding the capacity of Logical Drive Accounting by 5 GB and using the capacity from the unassigned drives in enclosure 3, slot 3 and enclosure 2, slot 3.

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