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Increasing iSCSI Available Storage

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Last Modified 2022-08-18 08:41 -0400

Expanding LUNs

TrueNAS lets users expand Zvol and file-based LUNs to increase the available storage that the iSCSI shares.

Zvol LUNs

To expand a Zvol LUN, go to Storage and click the next to the Zvol LUN, then select Edit Zvol.

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Enter a new size in Size for this zvol, then click SAVE.

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TrueNAS prevents data loss by not allowing users to reduce the Zvol size. TrueNAS also does not allow users to increase the Zvol size past 80% of the pool size.

File LUNs

You need to know the path to the file to expand a file-based LUN. Go to Shares and click Configure in the Block (iSCSI) Shares Targets window, then select the Extents tab.

Click the next to the file-based LUN and select Edit.

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Highlight and copy the path, then click Cancel.

Go to Shell and input truncate -s +[size] [path to file], then press Enter.

Where [size] is how much space you want to grow the file by, and [path to file] is the file path you copied earlier.

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An example command could look like this: truncate -s +2g /mnt/Pool1/Dataset1/File LUN

Lastly, go back to the extent in Shares > Block (iSCSI) Shares Targets and make sure the Filesize is set to 0 so that the share uses the actual file size.

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