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Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2023-10-10

Product(s): Appliances (5.1.1)

Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS

Adding the storage space from a newly available disk

The following procedure describes how to add space from a newly available disk into the unallocated space.

If you want to attach a Storage Shelf or an expansion system to an appliance, see the NetBackup Appliance Hardware Installation Guide for the appropriate platform. Once these Storage Shelves are properly connected to the Appliance, you must scan for the newly available disks from the Disks section. The new disks have the New Available status. Once the newly available disks are displayed, these disks must be added so the additional space can be used.

To add the storage space from a newly available disk

Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console.
Click Manage > Storage and go to the Disks section
The Disks section displays all the disks. Only disks that have the Status as New Available can be added. The Add link is displayed next to such disks.
Note:
If the disk status is Foreign, click Remove so that data is removed and the disk status becomes New Available. Contact Support if you want to recover this data.
Click Add to add the disk.
A dialog box displays the following message:
This operation will add the disk to the Unallocated storage. Do you want to continue?
Click Yes.
The system displays the following message:
```
Adding disk <disk ID>
Succeeded.
```
Click OK to exit. The Manage > Storage > Disks page is automatically refreshed.

When you add the disk, the appliance updates its Status to In Use. This change is also reflected in the Partitions section. The Unallocated space is increased and the additional storage space is displayed in the Partitions graph and table.