topic Re: Downsize a Volume in ONTAP Discussions

Downsize a Volume

syedkhan — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:06:46 GMT

Hello,

I have a volume which is 2TB and 1 lun which is 1.5 TB.

I want to downsize the volume to 1 TB. What will be the best way to do it and also its snapmirrored.

JGPSHNTAP — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:10:49 GMT

Well is your LUN thick and volume thin? What is the setup?

syedkhan — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:21:47 GMT

Thick provision both Volume and Lun

JGPSHNTAP — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:24:19 GMT

Ok, we are going to need more data. How much volume is in LUN. What's fractional reserve, what OS are you running.

You have to take that all into consideration. IS Snapdrive used.. etc....

syedkhan — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:47:27 GMT

We use snapdrive on windows 2008 R2 server .

How much volume is in LUN ?