topic Re: Not able to increase the size of a flexclone parent volume in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Not-able-to-increase-the-size-of-a-flexclone-parent-volume/m-p/58966#M13801 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Changing the size of the parent of a clone is fine. Just turn the fs_size_fixed to off. This generally gets set when a volume was the destination in a snapmirror.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:07:09 GMT rwelshman 2013-11-22T17:07:09Z Not able to increase the size of a flexclone parent volume https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Not-able-to-increase-the-size-of-a-flexclone-parent-volume/m-p/58960#M13800 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I'm not able to increase the size of a felxclone parent volume (of two clone volume). I've check option <SPAN style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">fs_size_fixed</SPAN> is <STRONG>on</STRONG> for this volume.</P><P>Based on my understanding once we change the value for <SPAN style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">fs_size_fixed</SPAN> to <STRONG>off</STRONG>, we will be able to increase the size of the volume.</P><P></P><P>But I'm not sure why <SPAN style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">fs_size_fixed</SPAN> is set to on for a for a flexclone parent volume, what will be the risk/effect on the parent and the clone volume if we change the value for <SPAN style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">fs_size_fixed</SPAN> to off.</P><P></P><P>Or let me know if there is any other way to increase the size of a flexclone parent volume.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Anant</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:49:01 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Not-able-to-increase-the-size-of-a-flexclone-parent-volume/m-p/58960#M13800 ANANT0208 2025-06-05T05:49:01Z Re: Not able to increase the size of a flexclone parent volume https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Not-able-to-increase-the-size-of-a-flexclone-parent-volume/m-p/58966#M13801 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Changing the size of the parent of a clone is fine. Just turn the fs_size_fixed to off. This generally gets set when a volume was the destination in a snapmirror.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:07:09 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Not-able-to-increase-the-size-of-a-flexclone-parent-volume/m-p/58966#M13801 rwelshman 2013-11-22T17:07:09Z