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.

This reference contains commands and parameters that are current with the latest storage management software. If you are managing storage subsystems running firmware for previous releases, not all of these commands may be supported. See the for a complete list of commands and their associated firmware levels.

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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