Increase disk space on the VMware appliance.
About this task
For multi-node deployment of the appliance, only one VM at a time should have its disk space
augmented. The subsystem should be in good health before proceeding to the next node. Health of the
subsystem can be checked with apicup subsys health-check <subsystem-name>.
Procedure
- Shutdown the virtual machine, either by issuing a shutdown command as root from the VM,
or by using the VMware console or command line interface.
For example, use the VMware console user interface and click the red rectangle.
- Use either the VMware console or command line interface to add a new device to the VM, of
type Hard Disk and of the desired size to be added to the appliance.
For example, on the
VMware console:
- Click Edit settings.
- Click Add new device. From the drop-down menu, select Hard
Disk.
- Enter size in GB and click OK.
- Use either the VMware console or the command line interface to power on the
VM.
As the VM starts it should detect the newly added disk and use it to augment the
available capacity for the /data/secure mount point.
- Optionally you may verify that a new disk
sdc was added (or
sdd if you already added one disk, and so on). Log in to the server and observe the
new disk. For example:
root@apimdev1139:~# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 100G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 99.9G 0 part /
├─sda14 8:14 0 4M 0 part
└─sda15 8:15 0 106M 0 part /boot/efi
sdb 8:16 0 250G 0 disk
└─apiconnect-data 252:0 0 260G 0 lvm
└─apicSecureDisk 252:1 0 260G 0 crypt /data/secure
sdc 8:32 0 10G 0 disk
└─apiconnect-data 252:0 0 260G 0 lvm
└─apicSecureDisk 252:1 0 260G 0 crypt /data/secure
sr0 11:0 1 44K 0 rom