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Please note that all virtual disks have to be located on the same physical storage. Please also note that extending disk space ALWAYS means that you have to add a new disk on virtual hardware level. I. e. extending disk space never means enlarging existing disks. |
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Extending VMWare Disk
Extending the virtual disk is done using the VMWare host application. Here are examples for VMWare Workstation and vSphere:
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Please restart the virtual appliance after adding the new disk.
Extending Hyper-V Disk
To extend the virtual disk, open the virtual machine properties and follow the steps below:
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Please restart the virtual appliance after adding the new disk.
Enlarging the Partition in the Appliance
- The easiest way to enlarge a partition in the appliance is to use the installed partition manager GParted. Please launch it using the Applications menu (you can also start GParted from the Terminal with "sudo gparted"):
- Select the new physical disk:
- Select the unallocated space, open the Device menu and on click on Create Partition Table:
- 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
- Start the Logical Volumes Manager from the Applications menu
- Open the Logical View on the left hand side, select Physical View and click Extend VolumeGroup:
- Select your new volume and click OK:
- After this, select the logical volume opt_panagenda_appdata:
- Resize the logical volume as needed (initial dimensioning: 5MB x database instances - for more details, please refer to the Setup Guide):
' - Select the logical volume opt_panagenda_pgdata (for more details on initial dimensioning, please refer to the Setup Guide):
- Resize the logical volume as needed (see step 12)
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