FlexVol volume operations
You can create FlexVol volumes, clone them, determine the amount of space they use, resize them, and display their containing aggregate, among other tasks.
- Creating a FlexVol volume
You create FlexVol volumes to provide resizeable, flexible file systems that can be mounted and accessed using all data access protocols supported by Data ONTAP.
- Resizing a FlexVol volume
You can increase or decrease the amount of space that an existing FlexVol volume is allowed to occupy in its containing aggregate. A FlexVol volume can grow to the size you specify as long as the containing aggregate has enough free space to accommodate that growth.
- Configuring a FlexVol volume to grow automatically
You configure FlexVol volumes to grow automatically to ensure that space in your aggregates is used efficiently, and to reduce the likelihood that your volumes will run out of space.
- Configuring automatic free space preservation for a FlexVol volume
When you configure a FlexVol volume for automatic free space preservation, the FlexVol volume attempts to provide more free space when it becomes nearly full. It can provide more free space by increasing its size or by deleting Snapshot copies, depending on how you have configured the volume.
- Displaying a FlexVol volume's containing aggregate
You display a FlexVol volume's containing aggregate by using the vol container command.
