Expanding a FlexGroup fails due to space error
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- FlexGroup
Issue
- The following issue can be seen when trying to add additional space to a FlexGroup:
Cluster1::> volume modify -vserver svm1_cluster1 -volume FlexGroup1 -size +40t
[Job 50642] Job is queued: Modify FlexGroup1.
Error: command failed: [Job 50642] Job failed: Unable to set volume attribute "size" for volume "FlexGroup1__0032" on Vserver "svm1_cluster1". Reason: Request to grow volume 'FlexGroup1__0032' failed because there is not enough space in the aggregate. Either create 51.0GB of free space in the aggregate or select a size of at most 9.07TB.
- Or when trying to expand a Flexgroup to another aggregrate:
Cluster1::> volume expand -volume FlexGroup1 -aggr-list Aggregate_01 Warning: The following number of constituents of size 32.93TB will be added to FlexGroup volume "FlexGroup1": 1. Expanding the FlexGroup volume will cause the state of all Snapshot copies to be set to "partial". Partial Snapshot copies cannot be restored.
Do you want to continue? {y|n}: y
Error: command failed: Aggregate "Aggregate_01" does not have enough free space to be used in provisioning FlexGroup volume "FlexGroup1". The aggregate has "29.83TB" ("32801072070656B") of available space of which "29.82TB"("32790334652416B") is available for provisioning. "32.93TB" ("36211200593920B") of space is required on the aggregate. Either increase the size of the aggregate or choose other aggregates for provisioning the FlexGroup volume.