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Update Institutional File Store User Guide with Resizing features authored by Ishan Mahajan's avatar Ishan Mahajan
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The IFS needs to be aware of a number of services in order to provide shares to your institution. In order to create storage projects, the DO or DM should start with the Vserver Configuration. The [Vserver](https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1136871/html/GUID-E643017F-041B-4ECC-BEA1-E4D80E26A47E.html) is a virtual storage server that resides in our storage backend and is associated with your storage account. The IFS needs to be aware of a number of services in order to provide shares to your institution. In order to create storage projects, the DO or DM should start with the Vserver Configuration. The [Vserver](https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1136871/html/GUID-E643017F-041B-4ECC-BEA1-E4D80E26A47E.html) is a virtual storage server that resides in our storage backend and is associated with your storage account.
On the **My Account** page click **Vserver Configuration** to choose which service you wish to configure: On the **My Account** page click **``Vserver Configuration** to choose which service you wish to configure:
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This is done by the DO or DM(s). This is done by the DO or DM(s).
Go to **Configure the license** page and click the **Increase My Storage Size** button: Go to **Configure the license** page and click the **Resize My Storage Size** button:
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In the pop-up dialogue box, enter how many additional TB you want, select an activation date from the date drop-down menu, and click the **Get Quote** button: In the pop-up dialogue box, enter how many additional TB you want, select an activation date from the date drop-down menu, and click the **Get Quote** button:
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You will be redirected to the payment page. Enter your purchase order number (or click the **Voucher** link to enter a voucher code, tick the checkbox to accept the Terms & Conditions, and click the **Pay** button: You will be redirected to the payment page. Enter your purchase order number (or click the **Voucher** link to enter a voucher code, tick the checkbox to accept the Terms & Conditions, and click the **Pay** button:
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You will be redirected to the **Configure the license** page where you will see the original **Full license** and the newly purchased **Size Extension** license: You will be redirected to the **Configure the license** page where you will see the original **Full license** and the newly purchased **Size Extension** license:
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### Shrinking storage capacity
This is done by the DO.
Go to **Configure the license** page and click the **Resize My Storage Size** button:
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In the pop-up dialogue box, enter how many TB you want to shrink, select an activation date from the date drop-down menu, and click the **Decrease License** button:
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You will be redirected to the reduce license page. Click the "I agree" button:
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You will be redirected to the **Configure the license** page where you will see the original **Size Reduction** in the License information:
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### Extending storage duration ### Extending storage duration
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### Decrease the size of a Storage Project
The DPM can decrease the size of its Storage Project and reutilize same space for another project within the same license.
From the **My Account** page, click the name of the Storage Project you want to modify. This will open the **Configure the storage** page.
Adjust the **Project size** slider to show the number of TB you want to decrease to:
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Click the **Save** button. You will see a confirmation message on the screen:
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A few seconds later, the DO receives an email confirming that the project size has been decreased:
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### Graphical representation of the Space Utilization ### Graphical representation of the Space Utilization
1. **Utilization of the License** ![image](uploads/eec5d9bc16d0cf4eaf4122808d529324/image.png) 1. **Utilization of the License** ![image](uploads/eec5d9bc16d0cf4eaf4122808d529324/image.png)
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