SC8000/SCOS 7.3 - Thin/thick and used space mismatch

Hi dromedary1st,

It doesn’t look like we have the manual for 7.3 up anymore, but here are the steps on 2019 https://dell.to/3bYTpRt

Thank you very much, Josh!

Unfortunately, those instructions only apply to FS systems on NAS mode.

My question is how to do this on my SC8000 

Thanks again!

Hello dromedary1st,

Which version of SCOS were you running prior to you upgrading to 7.3?  All volumes on a compellent are thin provisioned. You can’t set them as thick as that is only for NAS systems that you can set them as thin or thick.  Have you enabled data reduction on your SC8000?  You can find data reduction on page 133 of this link. https://dell.to/3rgzV1e

Thank you very much for your attention, Sam! It's appreciated

I cannot confirm the exact SCOS version right now, but I can confirm it was dated 2012 (because of a login screen copyright image). So, I guess either 5 or an early 6 maybe?

Either way, has this behavior changed along SCOS versions? Were volumes not thin-provisioned back in the SCOS 5 era?
If so, I may have an answer to why this problem appears now. That may explain why my kernel, which cannot do UNMAP/TRIM, worked just fine before.

Thank you!

I haven’t been able to find release notes that far back to confirm but it wouldn’t surprise me if that is the difference.