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Volume administration

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Manage logical storage, including FlexVol volumes and LUNs. Perform operations like adding, deleting, moving volumes, or managing quotas.

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FlexVol volumes overview
FlexGroup volumes overview
FlexCache volumes overview
Storage efficiency overview
FlexClone volumes overview
FlexVol volumes
Add a volume with System Manager
Add a volume with the CLI
Add a LUN with System Manager
Add a LUN with the CLI
Determine file and inode usage for a volume
FlexGroup volumes
Configure with System Manager
Configure with the CLI
Supported configurations
Increase the size of a FlexGroup volume
Convert a FlexVol volume to a FlexGroup volume
FlexCache volumes
Supported protocols and features
Create a FlexCache volume
Prepopulate a FlexCache volume
Manage with System Manager
Enable deduplication on a volume with the CLI
Enable data compression on a volume with the CLI
FlexClone files and FlexClone LUNs
Configure with System Manager
Configure FlexClone volumes with the CLI
Configure FlexClone LUNs with the CLI
qtrees
Use qtrees to partition FlexVol volumes
Create qtrees with FlexGroup volumes
Convert a directory to a qtree
Quotas
Configure with System Manager
Configure with the CLI
More resources
TR-4571: FlexGroup Volumes Best Practices and Implementation
TR-4678: FlexGroup Volumes Data Protection and Backup
TR-4743: FlexCache in ONTAP