Hi G,
Thanks so much for you prompt replies. You are a great help.
rpm -qa | grep -i VRTSvxvm
VRTSvxvm-5.1.00.00-GA_SLES11
vxlicrep -e |grep -i expansion
Dynamic Lun Expansion#VERITAS Volume Manager = Enabled
Dynamic Lun Expansion = Enabled
Dynamic Lun Expansion = Enabled
HYD-ICAPLN-S01:~ #
I did try to check this with my very limited knowledge and it looked OK.
After a quick read of the document you pointed me to. This is my output from /proc/partitions
more /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
104 0 286683544 cciss/c0d0
104 1 2104483 cciss/c0d0p1
104 2 284575410 cciss/c0d0p2
8 0 721437696 sda
8 8 418356697 sda8
8 16 721437696 sdb
8 24 418356697 sdb8
8 32 721437696 sdc
8 40 418356697 sdc8
8 48 721437696 sdd
8 56 418356697 sdd8
201 0 286683544 VxDMP1
201 1 2104483 VxDMP1p1
201 2 284575410 VxDMP1p2
201 16 721437696 VxDMP2
201 19 418356697 VxDMP2p3
199 24000 415236096 VxVM24000
253 0 721437696 dm-0
253 1 418356697 dm-1
I think from this the "real" disk can see the extra size but the resize commands refuse to see them!
Thanks again
Jason