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There is not enough usable free space on specified disk(s) to extend the volume.

We can run the following command to update disk information, it has the same function with the Rescan Disks in Disk Management: 1. Open Command Prompt under administrator. 2. Type: diskpart 3. At the DISKPART prompt, type: rescan Reference:  https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/f2dc07fc-3231-4ef5-8f9a-913b9b74a1a1/command-to-rescan-disks-in-disk-management-for-batch-file?forum=w7itprogeneral

How to extend the volume using command line.

Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. PS C:\Windows\system32> diskmgmt.msc PS C:\Windows\system32> diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7601 Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation. On computer: IN15INTMS001 DISKPART> list disk   Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt   --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---   Disk 0    Online           50 GB  1024 KB DISKPART> select disk 0 Disk 0 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> extend There is no volume selected. Please select a volume and try again. DISKPART> extend disk 0 There is no volume selected. Please select a volume and try again. DISKPART> list partition   Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset   -----------...

High Memory Uses by Metafile on Server 2008 R2

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My server was eating up lot of physical memory and was crashing due to shortage of RAM . I was not able to resolve the issue for 2 days but file I came to know about a utility called  RamMap  from Microsoft , which I ran on my server. It revealed that metafile consuming the highest amount of RAM. High memory uses by metafile  on Server 2008 R2 can be reduced using an another Microsoft called CacheSet which can be downloaded from here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897561.aspx