11.0 Storage—Expanding

Expanding the /vastorage partition

Path: Port 9443 Appliance Console > Storage icon

Table 11-1 Using the Storage Expansion dialog to expand the /vastorage partition

Field, Option, or Button

Information and/or Action

Prerequisite

  • Storage expansion requires unallocated free disk space associated with the /vastorage partition.

  • Shut down the appliance.

  • Use the tools and processes provided by your hypervisor vendor to expand the virtual disks that contain the partitions you want to expand.

  • Restart the appliance so that the operating system can detect the disks that have been expanded.

Appliance Disks Containing Unallocated Free Space: If no disks are listed, nothing is available to be expanded.

Expand partitions

  • After selecting the devices you want to expand, click this option.

  • Restart the appliance again so that the management software detects that the unallocated disk space has been used.

Expanding the /var Partition

The Storage Expansion Option in the Port 9443 Appliance Console must temporarily unmount the disk target in order to complete a disk expansion. However, because the /var partition contains the system log volume, it is constantly being written to and cannot be unmounted while the system is running.

Therefore, expanding the /var partition requires a manual process, as follows:

  1. Shut down the appliance and use the hypervisor management tools to increase the size of Disk 3.

  2. Start the appliance.

  3. Using your management browser, access the Port 9443 Appliance Console  > Storage icon.

  4. Select the /var partition and click Expand Partitions.

  5. At the appliance’s terminal prompt, log in as root.

  6. Edit /etc/fstab, remove the line: /dev/sdc1 /var ext3 rw 0 0 and save the change.

  7. Shut down the appliance.

  8. Start the appliance in failsafe mode by using the down arrow on the boot screen.

  9. At the appliance’s terminal prompt, log in as root.

  10. Edit /etc/fstab and insert the line: /dev/sdc1 /var ext3 rw 0 0, then save the change.

  11. Enter the following command:

    /opt/novell/base_config/va_expand_partition

  12. Restart the appliance.

    The appliance is now using the expanded /var partition.