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# Increase the capacity of a volume

You can increase (grow) the capacity of a volume.

| NOTE: You cannot increase the capacity of a full-provisioned volume beyond the remaining capacity in the storage pool.

Prerequisites

- Required privileges: Infrastructure administrator, Server administrator, or Storage administrator

Increasing the capacity of a volume

1. From the main menu, select Volumes, and do one of the following:

   - In the master pane, select the volume for which you want to increase the capacity and select Actions→Edit.

   - Hover your pointer in the details pane and click the Edit icon.

2. Edit the values shown on the screen. See Create or edit volume for more information.

3. Click OK to apply your changes.

4. Verify that the volume capacity has been increased by reviewing the Provisioned capacity in the details pane.

See also

- About volumes

- Volumes

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