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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Min Fang, Shanghai, CN;
Hui Xiang Gu, Shanghai, CN;
Xiao Yan, Shanghai, CN;
Yi Qun Chen, Shanghai, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Volume expansion in a storage management system coupled to a storage system via a network is performed. A request for expanding an original volume of a first cluster located at the storage system to a target volume is received. A second cluster located at the storage system is obtained. A remaining storage space of the second cluster is larger than a storage space required by the target volume. The storage system is instructed to create the target volume at the second cluster, and the original volume is expanded to the target volume.