Expanding a Volume Container on the everRun System

Expand a virtual machine (VM) volume container to allocate more space in the container for snapshots or for the guest operating system volume. (To expand the portion of a volume container that is available to the guest operating system, see Expanding a Volume on the everRun System.)

You can expand the volume container, but you cannot reduce the size of a container. Use the following procedure to expand a volume container whether the VM is running or stopped. To estimate the amount of storage to allocate to a volume container, see Sizing Volume Containers.

To expand a volume container

1. On the Physical Machines page (see The Physical Machines Page), verify that both PMs are in the running state and that neither PM is in maintenance mode or in the process of synchronizing.
2. On the Volumes page (see The Volumes Page), and select the volume that you want to expand.
3. In the bottom pane, click the Container tab and then click Expand Container.

4. Next to Expand By, type the amount of storage space to add to the volume container (in gigabytes (GB)). When you type the number, the dialog box displays the Expanded Container Size that will result if you complete the operation.

   Note: Consider the Expand By entry carefully, because after expanding a container, you cannot undo the change or reduce the size of the volume container; you can only expand the volume further.
5. Click Expand Container to commit the change and expand the container. The dialog box displays the expansion progress and automatically closes when the operation is complete.