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In order to provide more disk space on the iDNA appliance, the underlying disk, partition and logical volume all have to be extended.
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Please note that all virtual disks should be located on the same physical storage for best performance. In contrast to the old CentOS appliance, it is now recommended to enlarge the existing VMWare disk, rather than adding new virtual disks. |
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- Select the new physical disk:
- Select the unallocated space, open the Device menu and on click on Create Partition Table:
- Click on Select "gpt" as partition type and click on Apply in the warning:
- Select the new unallocated space, right-click and select New:
- From the Createas drop down menu, select PrimaryPartition and chose lvm2pv as File system (if needed, a Label can be defined):
Save your changes by clicking the apply button - also on the popup message
Info The new disk is now available to the operating system, but still needs to be made available to logical volumes.
- Start the "LVM Manager" (Logical Volumes Manager) from the Applications/Activities menu and select the original disk "sda" on the left hand navigation bar,
right-click "cl-pan" in the device list, select "Edit" and click "Modify parents"
- Click "Add a parent" and select your new disk in the list of available devices and click OK.
- Apply the changes using the check-mark symbol (Apply pending actions) in the top tool bar
You can leave the LVM Manager application open, as we will need it during the next steps.
Adding the new Disk Space to Logical Volume Groups
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