18.29 Unable to Backup iPrint Appliance 1.0

When using iPrint Appliance 1.0, you may not be able to create a backup if you have a Driver Store in excess of 6 GB. This is caused due to lack of disk space in the virtual machine.

To workaround this issue, you must add an additional hard disk to your virtual machine, then backup iPrint Appliance 1.0. If your Drive Store is 10 GB in size, then you must add an additional 20 GB of hard disk space. The hard disk space must be twice the size of the resdir folder.

  1. Power off the iPrint Appliance 1.0 VM.

  2. In the vSphere client, right-click the iPrint Appliance 1.0, then click Edit Settings.

  3. Click Add.

  4. Select Hard Disk, then click Next.

  5. Select Create a new virtual disk., then click Next.

  6. Specify the Disk Size, then click Next.

  7. Click Next on the Advanced Options screen.

  8. Click Finish.

  9. Power on the iPrint Appliance 1.0 VM.

  10. Create a partition using the fdisk command.

    1. Run the command fdisk /dev/<disk name>.

    2. When prompted for a command, specify n, then tap the Enter key.

    3. For partition, specify p, then choose the default option.

    4. When prompted for a command, specify w.

  11. Create a file system using the command mkfs.ext3 /dev/<disk name>.

  12. Stop the jetty service.

  13. Mount the /tmp folder to the newly added hard disk using the command mount /dev/<disk name> /tmp/.

  14. Start the jetty service.

After completing the procedure mentioned above, try backing up iPrint Appliance 1.0.