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root volume size in Kb's

Rpstorage
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Hello Team,

 

Why my root volume size is showing in kb's? I would like to see it in GB's. Please suggest. 

 

vol size root
vol size: Flexible volume 'root' has size 489312016k

 

Thanks,

Rpstorage

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JGPSHNTAP
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So change it

 

vol size vol0 470g

 

Rpstorage
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Filer>vol size root 480g
vol size: Cannot grow root volume to more than 95% of the available aggregate size which is currently 486688880k.
An attempt was made to set the root volume size to 480g.

 

Filer1> vol size root
vol size: Flexible volume 'root' has size 489312016k.

 

sgrant
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Hi, you will need to change the volume size as suggested by JGPSHNTAP to display the units in GB. From the Data ONTAP 8.2 Commands: Manual Page Reference For 7-Mode, Volume 1...

 

When displaying the flexible volume’s size, the units used have the same form as when creating the volume or setting the volume size. The specific unit chosen for a given size is based on matching the volume size to an exact number of a specific unit. k is used if no larger units match.

 

However, these are very large root volume sizes. Are you storing a large number of logs? It is normally recommended to only store system files in the root volume. Would a dedicated syslog volume help in your situation? Or do you have a large number of dump/crash files that could be cleared out?

 

Just for info...the recommended (min) root volume size for the larger controllers is only 250GB + 5% snap reserve, please see Hardware Universe for exact recommended size for your system.

 

Hope the info helps.

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