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-  DESCRIPTION:
+**DESCRIPTION:**
 This article will explain how to expand the logical volume size of a Virtual appliance to grow beyond the 250 GB and 950 GB OVA templates provided on MySonicWall.com. This process does not overwrite the pre-existing data, it will add on more space to the pre-existing Hard Drive.
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 ===ADD A NEW VIRTUAL HARD DRIVE===
-. Turn off the Virtual Appliance
-. Log into the VMware Web Client or vSphere Client
+. Turn off the Virtual Appliance
+. Log into the VMware Web Client or vSphere Client
+. Select Edit Settings for the Virtual Appliance
+. Click the Add button, and select the Hard Disk as the device type then select Next
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+. Input the size of the disk equal to the amount you would like to expand and select Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed then select next
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+. Check the radial for the appropriate drive type (match the drive type, SCSI or IDE,  currently in use on the Virtual Appliance)
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+. Select Finish and turn on the Virtual Machine
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+===EXPAND THE VIRTUAL HARD DRIVE===
+. Contact Technical Support to get the Root SSH password Best method is to open a Web ticket requesting Root SSH with this KB ID in the Title
+. Check that the disk has been partition by running (should be listed as /dev/sdb1): **fdisk -l**
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+. First unmount the new device with the command: **umount /dev/sdb1**
+. Create a Physical Volume (PV) with the following command: **pvcreate /dev/sdb1**
+. Extend the Volume Group (VG) size to use the new PV with the following command: **vgextend datavg /dev/sdb1**
+. Extend the Logical Volume (LV) size to use all of the VG free space with the following command: **lvm lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/datavg/datalv**
+. Resize the entire file system with the following command: **resize2fs -p /dev/mapper/datavg-datalv**
+(This command can take a little bit depending on the amount of space being added)
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+. Check the size of the disk by running the following command: df -h
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-. Select Edit Settings for the Virtual Appliance
-. Click the Add button, and select the Hard Disk as the device type then select Next