Some operations related to shrinking or expanding a dynamic volume do not work

Last published : Oct 01, 2026
The following issues are observed while performing volume shrink or volume expand related tasks on a dynamic volume:
  • While shrinking (decreasing) or expanding (increasing) a dynamic volume's size, using the Shrink Volume and Expand Volume dialog boxes, respectively, you can click the Max Shrink and Max Size buttons to know the maximum amount by which a volume can be shrunk or expanded. These buttons do not work as expected for both the operations because of a Microsoft Virtual Disk Service (VDS) error.
  • While performing the vxassist shrinkby or vxassist querymax operation for a newly-created volume, the operation fails with the "Invalid Arguments" error.
  • While attempting the volume shrink operation, the "Invalid Arguments" error occurs and the Event Viewer displays a VDS provider failure error.
(2998422, 2411143, 2405311)
Workaround: To resolve any of these issues, restart VDS by using the following commands, and then try again:
  1. Net stop vds
  2. Taskkill /f /im vxvds.exe
  3. Taskkill /f /im vxvdsdyn.exe
  4. Net start vds
  5. Vxassist refresh
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