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Enable volume autogrow in BlueXP workload factory

Contributors netapp-rlithman

Enable volume autogrow to let BlueXP workload factory manage volume capacity for you. You can disable it at any time.

Optionally, you can manually increase the volume capacity of a volume at any time using the increase volume capacity feature.

Note Volume autogrow isn't supported for iSCSI volumes.
Before you begin

To enable volume autogrow, you must associate a link. If you don't have an existing link, create a link. To associate a link in the file system, select Associate link under Account name. Once the link associates, return to this operation.

Steps
  1. Log in using one of the console experiences.

  2. In Storage, select Go to storage inventory.

  3. In the FSx for ONTAP tab, select the three-dot menu of the file system with the volume to update and then select Manage.

  4. From the file system overview, select the Volumes tab.

  5. From the Volumes tab, select the three-dot menu for the volume you want to modify.

  6. Select Basic actions, then Edit volume autogrow.

  7. In the Edit autogrow dialog, enable volume autogrow.

  8. Select Apply.