If / (root) file system is full,How to increase root file system under Solaris

If / (root) file system is full,How to increase root file
system under Solaris volume manager (SVM)?

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If / (root) file system is full,How to increase root file system under Solaris volume manager (SVM)..

Answer / ravi

if there are free space available in disk, then we can
directly increase the root space by using the command

metattach d0 /any/free/slice/available.

then use growfs command to grow the space.

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If / (root) file system is full,How to increase root file system under Solaris volume manager (SVM)..

Answer / saravanan

metaattach d20 -p 20mb
growfs -m /mountpoint/dev/mt/rdsk/metadevicesname(d20)

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If / (root) file system is full,How to increase root file system under Solaris volume manager (SVM)..

Answer / teja

If we can increse non-global-zone root file system while using growfs cmd but it very risky process increase on global-zone root filesystem..

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