sonicwall:hard_disk:how_to_expand_the_hard_drive_of_a_virtual_appliance
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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. | 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=== | ===ADD A NEW VIRTUAL HARD DRIVE=== | ||
- | 1. Turn off the Virtual Appliance | + | |
- | 2. Log into the VMware Web Client or vSphere Client | + | |
- | 3. Select Edit Settings for the Virtual Appliance | + | 2. Log into the VMware Web Client or vSphere Client |
- | 4. Click the Add button, and select the Hard Disk as the device type then select Next | + | 3. Select Edit Settings for the Virtual Appliance |
+ | 4. Click the Add button, and select the Hard Disk as the device type then select Next | ||
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+ | 5. 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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+ | 6. 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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+ | 7. Select Finish and turn on the Virtual Machine | ||
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+ | ===EXPAND THE VIRTUAL HARD DRIVE=== | ||
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+ | 1. 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 | ||
+ | 2. Check that the disk has been partition by running (should be listed as /dev/sdb1): **fdisk -l** | ||
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+ | 3. First unmount the new device with the command: **umount / | ||
+ | 4. Create a Physical Volume (PV) with the following command: **pvcreate / | ||
+ | 5. Extend the Volume Group (VG) size to use the new PV with the following command: **vgextend datavg / | ||
+ | 6. Extend the Logical Volume (LV) size to use all of the VG free space with the following command: **lvm lvextend -l +100%FREE / | ||
+ | 7. Resize the entire file system with the following command: **resize2fs -p / | ||
+ | (This command can take a little bit depending on the amount of space being added) | ||
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+ | 8. Check the size of the disk by running the following command: df -h | ||
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