Resize allocated space
Hello,
I have Flex appliance 5250 with 9.09 TB of storage capacity, it´s meaning, allocated 8.91 TB (97.97%) , Available 0.18 TB (2.03%) total 9.09 TB.
Disk Pools, Used capacity 1.77 TB , Available Space 4.91 TB of 6.68 TB of capacity.
I would like to create a new instance and apply immutability, but my issues, I have no free space in my storage.
I´ve been thinking , is it possible resize my allocated space. It´s meaning , I will reduce the allocated 8.91 TB to 4.5 TB.
I will get this one:
I have Flex appliance 5250 with 9.09 TB of storage capacity, it´s meaning, allocated 4.5 TB (47.97%) , Available 4.68 TB (52.03%) total 9.09 TB.
Then, next step creates new instance.
Does It make sense? And I can´t lose my backup save into the appliance.
I got two links
https://vox.veritas.com/t5/NetBackup-Appliance/Resizing-the-Storage-unit/td-p/521518
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/130821112-151833038-0/v136269043-151833038
Thanks your help
What you are contemplating is feasible and should be achievable with careful planning.
It is possible to shrink the allocated storage but the process can take a long time and the container cannot be used during the process (you risk data loss if you start it). I don't want to alarm you but reveiw these two articles as well:
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/article.100044047.htmlhttps://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/article.100058434.html
David