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Auto-grow Azure Database for MySQL storage using the Azure CLI

APPLIES TO: Azure Database for MySQL - Single Server

Important

Azure Database for MySQL single server is on the retirement path. We strongly recommend that you upgrade to Azure Database for MySQL flexible server. For more information about migrating to Azure Database for MySQL flexible server, see What's happening to Azure Database for MySQL Single Server?

This article describes how you can configure an Azure Database for MySQL server storage to grow without impacting the workload.

The server reaching the storage limit, is set to read-only. If storage auto grow is enabled then for servers with less than 100 GB provisioned storage, the provisioned storage size is increased by 5 GB as soon as the free storage is below the greater of 1 GB or 10% of the provisioned storage. For servers with more than 100 GB of provisioned storage, the provisioned storage size is increased by 5% when the free storage space is below 10GB of the provisioned storage size. Maximum storage limits as specified here apply.

Prerequisites

To complete this how-to guide:

  • This article requires version 2.0 or later of the Azure CLI. If using Azure Cloud Shell, the latest version is already installed.

Enable MySQL server storage auto-grow

Enable server auto-grow storage on an existing server with the following command:

az mysql server update --name mydemoserver --resource-group myresourcegroup --auto-grow Enabled

Enable server auto-grow storage while creating a new server with the following command:

az mysql server create --resource-group myresourcegroup --name mydemoserver  --auto-grow Enabled --location westus --admin-user myadmin --admin-password <server_admin_password> --sku-name GP_Gen5_2 --version 5.7

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