Resize a volume

Increase the size of an existing Block Storage volume on your account.

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  • You can't decrease the size of an existing volume.

  • Only a volume with a status of active can be resized. Run the List volumes operation to view the status of each of your volumes.

Permissions and scopes

To call this operation, you need permissions, based on the model you're using:

  • Identity and access permissions. Your user needs a role with these permissions. Learn more.

    • Permissions: resize_volume
  • OAuth scopes. Your user needs these scopes assigned. Learn more.

    • Scopes: volumes:read_write

CLI

linode-cli volumes resize 12345 \
  --size 30

Learn more

Path Params
string
enum
required

Enum Call either the v4 URL, or v4beta for operations still in Beta.

Allowed:
integer
required

The unique identifier for the target volume. Run the List volumes operation and store the id for the target volume as your volumeId.

Body Params

The requested size to increase your Volume to.

integer
required
≤ 10240

The volume's size, in gigabytes.

Responses

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