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<h1 class="topictitle1">Can I Transfer the Data Disk Capacity to a System Disk?</h1>
<div id="body1571709675202"><p id="evs_faq_0061__p1115381223416">Sorry, you cannot.</p>
<p id="evs_faq_0061__p611925023512">Currently, the capacity of an EVS disk cannot be transferred to another disk. Multiple EVS disks cannot be combined into a single, larger disk, either.</p>
<p id="evs_faq_0061__p1269517586535"><strong id="evs_faq_0061__b76860915226">Common Scenarios</strong></p>
<ol id="evs_faq_0061__ol1585325713433"><li id="evs_faq_0061__li18926132314500">You want to expand the system disk capacity, but created a new data disk.</li><li id="evs_faq_0061__li7381147144419">You want to expand the system disk capacity, but expanded the data disk capacity.</li></ol>
<p id="evs_faq_0061__p8121164984420"><strong id="evs_faq_0061__b19051612132217">Recommended Solution</strong></p>
<ul id="evs_faq_0061__ul7653184511504"><li id="evs_faq_0061__li1165384575015">If you do not need the data on the data disk, you can just delete the data disk, and then <a href="evs_01_0059.html">expand the system disk</a>.</li><li id="evs_faq_0061__li1169153312518">If you need the data on the data disk, you can create a small-capacity data disk, copy data from the original data disk to the new data disk, and then expand the system disk capacity.<ol id="evs_faq_0061__ol1940591517019"><li id="evs_faq_0061__li1269913158495">Back up the data disk using the CBR service or by creating a snapshot.<p id="evs_faq_0061__p1034212112102"><a name="evs_faq_0061__li1269913158495"></a><a name="li1269913158495"></a>For details about backups, see section "Managing EVS Backups" in the <em id="evs_faq_0061__i1860919253372">Elastic Volume Service User Guide</em>. For details about snapshots, see <a href="en-us_topic_0066615262.html">Creating a Snapshot</a>.</p>
</li><li id="evs_faq_0061__li9881335184913">Create a new data disk with the desired capacity and attach it to the <span id="evs_faq_0061__text1211016416120">server</span>. After initializing the disk, copy the data from the original data disk to the new data disk.</li><li id="evs_faq_0061__li37685483498">Confirm that the services on the new data disk are available. Then, delete the original data disk, and delete the created backup.</li><li id="evs_faq_0061__li36625216439">Expand the system disk capacity by referring to <a href="evs_01_0059.html">Disk Capacity Expansion</a>.</li></ol>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="evs_01_0082.html">Capacity</a></div>
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