Dell PowerFlex v3.6.x CLI Reference Guide

Use this command to reduce (or increase) the device capacity that is available to PowerFlex, in order to assist in balancing storage, without affecting the physical disk size. Ensure that the modified capacity is less than the total physical size of the device. If you reduce capacity, data will be moved to other devices in an asynchronous fashion.

When reducing capacity, the excess device capacity is not accessible to the user.

Syntax

scli --modify_sds_device_capacity (--device_id <ID> | ((--sds_id <ID> | --sds_name <NAME> | --sds_ip <IP> [--sds_port <PORT>]) (--device_name <NAME> | --device_path <PATH>))) --size_gb <SIZE>

Parameters

--device_id <ID>

ID of the SDS device

--sds_id <ID>

SDS ID

--sds_name <NAME>

SDS name

--sds_ip <IP>

SDS IP address

--sds_port <PORT>

Port associated with the SDS

--device_name <NAME>

SDS storage device name or file

--device_path <PATH>

Path of the device whose capacity is to be modified

--size_gb <SIZE>

Size in GB of the device to use. The size must be within the device size limits and slightly less than the full device size.