![]() ![]() ![]() Create parition(s) using the fdisk commandĢ. Lvextend -L10G /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 (extend your logical volume by 10GB)ġ. Vgextend VolGroup00 /dev/sdb1 (extend your volume group onto the new drive) Pvcreate /dev/sdb1 (create physical volume) Now create a file system on this parition: Use fdisk to create new partition(s), make sure to mark them as LVM parititions (8e) The exact steps will vary depending on your system configuration (with or without LVM):ġ. Next you need to change the size available to the OS. To expand the Hard Disk, Right Click on your Virtual Machine>Click on Settings>Select SCSI>Select the Virtual Hard Drive that you want to. First you must use the edit hardware option in the CloudShare Dashboard to increase the hard drive size as above. So, instead of getting that phone call or page saying that your server is out of space, you can manage your free space by adding more of it dynamically Yes. Here are some instructions for modifying Linux partitions. There is an excellent guide located here.Ĭonsider the first step, 'How to expand disk capacity for vmware linux virtual machine' already completed when you add disk space from the CloudShare UI.Īlternatively, you can use Parted or a similar application. There are different options available for resizing a HDD in Linux. Select the size you wish to allocate and click ‘Next’:įinish the process and you will see the extra space assigned to your main partition.įinally, take a snapshot to your CloudShare Environment ensure your new settings are saved. Set the VM to boot into single-user mode on the XenServer host CLI xe vm-param. Once in, Right-click on the main partition and select ‘Extend volume…’ How to extend the partition size in Linux operating systems Shutdown the VM. Remember: if you edit your disk size, you will have to partition your hard drive accordingly.Īccess the ‘Disk Management’ utility, either by searching for it in Windows search or running the following from 'Run' or CMD: diskmgmt.msc ![]() Then, click ‘Save changes’ and your environment will begin updating. Use this cautiously and do this in small increments when you need the space as you can not shrink the volume once the changes are saved: Click on the Disk edit icon, then use the slider to reallocate more drive space. Once you are in the edit hardware page, you can edit the available resources. To access this functionality, bring up your environment and navigate to the ‘Edit hardware’ page: We have created a single primary partition. Step 1: See below fdisk -l output snippet showing disk /dev/sdd of 1GB size. If you re using the whole disk in LVM without any fdisk partitioning, then skip step 1 and step 3. Increasing the disk size of your virtual machineĬloudShare supports editing your virtual machine hardware and increasing the disk, RAM or number of CPUs. Now, we will increase the size of the disk to 2GB at VMware level and then will add up this space in the mount point /mydrive. ![]()
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