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Enable volume autogrow

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Enable volume autogrow to let 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, click Associate link under Account name. Once the link associates, return to this operation.

Steps

  1. Log in to the Workload Factory console

  2. In Storage, select Go to storage inventory.

  3. In the FSx for ONTAP tab, select the three dots 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 dots 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. Click Apply.