topic Re: Optimizing a resized (expanded) volume? in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Optimizing-a-resized-expanded-volume/m-p/41880#M9821 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I believe you are referring to the "reallocate" command.&nbsp; Check out link below:</P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel707/html/ontap/cmdref/man1/na_reallocate.1.html" target="_blank">http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel707/html/ontap/cmdref/man1/na_reallocate.1.html</A></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:30:41 GMT joseph_masi 2011-03-01T02:30:41Z Optimizing a resized (expanded) volume? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Optimizing-a-resized-expanded-volume/m-p/41876#M9820 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When a flexible volume is resized (extended) several times won't there eventually be a need to optimize or redistribute the data on that volume? Is there a utility to do so?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:59:08 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Optimizing-a-resized-expanded-volume/m-p/41876#M9820 kevincooney 2025-06-05T06:59:08Z Re: Optimizing a resized (expanded) volume? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Optimizing-a-resized-expanded-volume/m-p/41880#M9821 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I believe you are referring to the "reallocate" command.&nbsp; Check out link below:</P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel707/html/ontap/cmdref/man1/na_reallocate.1.html" target="_blank">http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel707/html/ontap/cmdref/man1/na_reallocate.1.html</A></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:30:41 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Optimizing-a-resized-expanded-volume/m-p/41880#M9821 joseph_masi 2011-03-01T02:30:41Z Re: Optimizing a resized (expanded) volume? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Optimizing-a-resized-expanded-volume/m-p/41888#M9822 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm amazed at how difficult it is for me to find what I'm looking for in the CLI guide. I'm new to Data ONTAP and while I got help setting it up I'm flying nearly blind now that's it's up and running.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:46:09 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Optimizing-a-resized-expanded-volume/m-p/41888#M9822 kevincooney 2011-03-01T02:46:09Z