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Adding new disk to an Existing adp aggregate

Storage_Giv
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Hello,

 

Recently we received a CDot cluster with 12 partitioned disks pre-installed from NetApp and we started using it and a week later we received 2 more SSDs which were not in the package earlier. 

 

Now we have layout like below

 

filer0300::> disk show
                     Usable           Disk    Container   Container
Disk                   Size Shelf Bay Type    Type        Name      Owner
---------------- ---------- ----- --- ------- ----------- --------- --------

Info: This cluster has partitioned disks. To get a complete list of spare disk capacity use "storage aggregate show-spare-disks".
1.0.0                3.49TB     0   0 SSD     shared      aggr0_filer0301_0, aggr_single_file
                                                                    filer0310
1.0.1                3.49TB     0   1 SSD     shared      aggr0_filer0301_0, aggr_single_file
                                                                    filer0310
1.0.2                3.49TB     0   2 SSD     shared      aggr0_filer0301_0, aggr_single_file
                                                                    filer0310
1.0.3                3.49TB     0   3 SSD     shared      aggr0_filer0301_0, aggr_single_file
                                                                    filer0310
1.0.4                3.49TB     0   4 SSD     shared      aggr0_filer0301_0, aggr_single_file
                                                                    filer0310
1.0.5                3.49TB     0   5 SSD     shared      aggr_single_file
                                                                    filer0310
1.0.6                3.49TB     0   6 SSD     shared      aggr0_filer0302_0, aggr_single_file
                                                                    filer0320
1.0.7                3.49TB     0   7 SSD     shared      aggr0_filer0302_0, aggr_single_file
                                                                    filer0320
1.0.8                3.49TB     0   8 SSD     shared      aggr0_filer0302_0, aggr_single_file
                                                                    filer0320
1.0.9                3.49TB     0   9 SSD     shared      aggr0_filer0302_0, aggr_single_file
                                                                    filer0320
1.0.10               3.49TB     0  10 SSD     shared      aggr0_filer0302_0, aggr_single_file
                                                                    filer0320
1.0.11               3.49TB     0  11 SSD     shared      -         filer0320
1.0.12               3.49TB     0  12 SSD     spare       Pool0     filer0320
1.0.13               3.49TB     0  13 SSD     spare       Pool0     filer0310
14 entries were displayed.
filer0300::> storage aggregate show-spare-disks

Original Owner: filer0310
 Pool0
  Spare Pool

                                                             Usable Physical
 Disk             Type   Class          RPM Checksum           Size     Size Status
 ---------------- ------ ----------- ------ -------------- -------- -------- --------
 1.0.13           SSD    solid-state      - block            3.49TB   3.49TB zeroed

Original Owner: filer0310
 Pool0
  Root-Data1-Data2 Partitioned Spares
                                                              Local    Local
                                                               Data     Root Physical
 Disk             Type   Class          RPM Checksum         Usable   Usable     Size Status
 ---------------- ------ ----------- ------ -------------- -------- -------- -------- --------
 1.0.5            SSD    solid-state      - block                0B  143.7GB   3.49TB zeroed
 1.0.11           SSD    solid-state      - block            1.68TB       0B   3.49TB zeroed

Can we use the 3.49TB unpartitioned disk in the aggregate "aggr_single_file" or we can only use the partition 1.0.11 (1.68TB) in the aggregate expansion.

Would it mean that using 1.0.11 (partitioned space) would leave us with no spares in the Raidgrp?

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taddingt
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Any whole disk that is added to a raid group that contains partitioned disks will automatically be partitioned to match the rest. If you were to add the data partition on 1.0.11 we would still be able to use the whole disk at 1.0.13 as a spare. It would automatically be partitioned to replace any of the failed data partitions.
https://fieldportal.netapp.com/content/726634

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