PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.16.0.0 Administrator's Guide for DM5500

Expand Physical Storage Capacity

You can purchase an additional license or additional disk storage to expand the capacity to a maximum of 256 TB. This procedure is only required if the DM5500 you originally purchased was licensed with 24 TB or less of usable capacity and you want to expand storage capacity.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Infrastructure > Storage.
   The Storage window appears.
2. On the Summary tab, in the Active Tier section, select Expand Capacity.
   The Expand Capacity dialog box appears with the Overview, Hardware, License, and Summary Pages of the file system. In the Overview section, details on the maximum capacity expansion is displayed, along with the current capacity, licensed and unlicensed capacities as well.
3. Click Next.
   Hardware section is displayed. The Usable Hardware Capacity and instruction on working with hardware capacity is also explained here. Optionally, click Check Hardware Again. The details on the hardware that is selected are displayed here. See, the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance Installation Guide for information on expansion enclosure installation and cabling requirements.
4. Click Next. License section is displayed. Optionally, click Update License, only if the user wants to upload a new license.
   1. To add a license, click Add License
      The License dialog box appears, which gives you the option of uploading a license file or retrieving it online from the License Management System (LMS).
      • To upload the license file, click Upload File, browse to the license file, and click Apply. You can also copy-paste the contents of the license file.
      • To retrieve the license details from the LMS, click Online Activation.
5. Click Next.
   The license is validated, and the Expand Capacity dialog box appears with the License updated successfully. message and the recalculated storage metrics. If any expandable licensed capacity is available to add to the file system, the Expand button is enabled.
6. Click Next. The Summary section is displayed to review the changes before expanding.
   1. Click Expand.
      The file system capacity expands up to the capacity of the license that is applied where the maximum is 256 Tb. You can view the updated storage capacity metrics on the Summary tab in the Active Tier section.
      Disk state changes from Available to In Use in the Infrastructure > Storage > Disks tab. (Some or all the disks may have an In Use state, depending on the licensed capacity.)