Editing aggregate settings

You can use the Edit Aggregate dialog box to change the aggregate name, RAID type, and RAID group size, and to add disks to the aggregate. You can also convert the aggregate to a Flash Pool. However, you cannot modify the name of a SnapLock Compliance aggregate.

Before you begin

If you want to add disks to the aggregate:

•	If you want to add HDDs to the aggregate, all existing HDDs in the aggregate must of the same size. You must have sufficient spare HDDs of the same size as the existing disks in the aggregate.

•	If you want to add SSDs to the aggregate, all existing SSDs in the aggregate must of the same size. You must have sufficient spare SSDs of the same size as the existing disks in the aggregate.

About this task

When you add disks to an aggregate on storage systems running Data ONTAP 7.3.x, new disks are added only to the most recently created RAID group. When the existing RAID groups become full after the disks are added, new RAID groups are created and disks are added to the new RAID groups. The previously created RAID groups remain at their current size unless you explicitly add the disks to them.

Steps

1.	From the Home tab, double-click the appropriate storage system.

2.	In the navigation pane, click Storage > Aggregates.

3.	Select the aggregate that you want to edit and click Edit.

4.	In the Edit Aggregate dialog box, make the necessary changes.

5.	If you want to increase the storage, perform the following steps:

a.	Click Advanced, and select one or more homogeneous disks that are of the same size as the existing disks in the aggregate from the Advanced Disk Selection window.

b.	Specify the number of disks to add in the Disk count field.

c.	Click Save and Close.

You can add disks to all RAID groups or a specific RAID group, or create a new RAID group and add the disks.

6.	If you want to modify the RAID type or group size, perform the following steps:

a.	Click Change.

b.	In the RAID Details window, specify the required details.

7.	Click Save and Close.

8.	Verify the changes you made to the selected aggregate in the Details tab in the Aggregates window.

Related reference

Aggregates window