I recently had the occasion to add repository extents to two existing repositories. One is currently 13TB and has no extents, and I'm adding a 5TB extent. The second is quite a bit larger, 41TB, with 2 extents, and I'm adding a 3rd of 15TB. I've never had any problems adding storage. The repositories are all contained on the same server with a JBOD striped array of 220TB. A total of 3 Cores use this as a repository server.
Using the GUI, I use "Add Storage Location", then put in the Data Path and Metadata Path (both the same), and the size (4.5TB to one and 14.5TB on the other). I've tried both with "Run Repository Optimization ..." and without. Then "Save". What happens is that the task sits there "Validating" for around an hour, or so, then just goes away, and I'm left with the filled-in box ready to "Save", again.
Never had any problems with any of the 3 Cores doing this before. Anyone have any ideas about what's going on? I know that 56TB in a single Repository is asking for trouble, but I have others nearly that size on other Cores, and the smaller one is way smaller, at 18TB, than most of my Repositories.
This is somewhat urgent as I now have only 7.5TB free in the 41TB Repository, and we're in the process of moving more data to it. Any help would be appreciated. I was going to do a support call, but found this forum, and figured what-the-heck.
Thanks.
