Users Guide

enough physical disks in existing storage enclosures to spread the new data copies in a method which

satisfies the enclosure awareness requirements.

PowerShell command for adding a new physical disks to an existing pool.

Add-PhysicalDisk -StoragePoolFriendlyName <poolName> -PhysicalDisks

<physicalDiskObject> -Usage AutoSelect

PowerShell command for extending a VD.

Resize-VirtualDisk –FriendlyName <vdName> -Size <newVDSize>

PowerShell command for extending a volume.

Resize-Partition –DiskNumber <diskNumber> -Size <newVolumeSize>

For example,

A physical disk which is labeled PhysicalDisk13 is assigned to variable $pd. The disk is then added to

an existing pool MyPool1 with the Usage attribute set to AutoSelect. A VD 2wayVD1 is 30 GB and

currently exists in the pool. The VD is extended to 60 GB. Finally, the volume must be extended to match

the new VD size.

$pd = Get-PhysicalDisk –CanPool $true -FriendlyName PhysicalDisk13

Add-PhysicalDisk -StoragePoolFriendlyName "MyPool1" -PhysicalDisks $pd -Usage

AutoSelect

Resize-VirtualDisk –FriendlyName 2wayVD1 –Size 60GB

$vd = Get-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName 2wayVD1

$diskNum = Get-Disk –VirtualDisk $vd

$partNum = Get-Partition –DiskNumber $diskNum.Number

$size = Get-PartitionSupportedSize –DiskNumber $diskNum.Number

Resize-Partition –DiskNumber $diskNum.Number –PartitionNumber

$partNum.PartionNumber –Size $size.SizeMax