Do I Need to Detach an EVS Disk Before Expanding Its Capacity?

An expansion consists of two phases:

1. Expand the disk capacity on the console.
   • A shared, in-use disk cannot be expanded. You must detach the shared disk from all its servers and then expand its capacity.
   • A non-shared, in-use disk can be expanded, and you can leave the disk attached during expansion as long as the following conditions are met:
     • The disk's server is in the Running or Stopped state.
     • The disk's server OS supports capacity expansion of In-use disks.
       Note

       Only some server OSs support capacity expansion of In-use disks. For details, see How Do I Extend the Disk Partition and File System in Windows Server 2008?.

2. Log in to the server and create a new partition or allocate the additional space to one that is already there.

   The unmount operation is not required, either for Windows or Linux.