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mkannan
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November 28, 2018

Technical Tip: Adding new disks on FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer instances in Microsoft Azure

  • November 28, 2018
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Description

 

This article explains how to add new disks on FortiManager or FortiAnalyzer instances in Microsoft Azure.
 
Scope
 
FortiAnalyzer and FortiManager, Microsoft Azure.


Solution

 

The steps are identical for both FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer. This article will explain the process with a FortiAnalyzer instance.
 
Note: If the user is using BYOL ('Bring Your Own License'), disk storage size is based on the license purchased. If the license is On-Demand, disks can be added as required.
 
The default disk size is 1072 GB:
 
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Follow the steps below to add a disk.

 

Step 1: Verify the instance status under the Overview panel of the FortiAnalyzer instance.

 

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Step 2: Shut down the instance with the Stop button.
 
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Step 3: Navigate to the Disks tab under the Settings section to view FortiAnalyzer instance disks. Here, the existing instance disk will be shown (2GB), along with the data disk (1TB):
 
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Select 'Add data disk' and 'Create disk':
 
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Enter the disk details:
  • Name of the disk: Disk-2-500GB.
  • Resource group: (Use the same resource group where the FortiAnalyzer instance is deployed).
  • Account type: Standard HDD.
  • Source type: None (empty disk).
  • Size (GiB): 500.
 
Select 'Create' to create the disk.
 
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Wait for validation to complete:

 

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After the new disk is added, select Save to save the changes on the disk level:

 

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At this stage, the new disk has been created and added to the FortiAnalyzer instance.

 
Step 4: Power on the FortiAnalyzer instance.
 
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Verify the disk details are correct in the CLI after the FortiAnalyzer instance starts:

 
execute lvm info
 
The disk has been added successfully but is unused:

 

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Step 5: Extend the added disk. Run the following command in the CLI:

 

execute lvm extend

 

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Enter 'y' to reboot the FortiAnalyzer instance.

 

Step 6: Once again, verify the disk status:

 
execute lvm info
 
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The disk will display as 'Used' and will be used by the FortiAnalyzer instance.

 

Watch the Adding new disk video here:

Adding Disk Space to FortiAnalyzer instance in AWS

 

 

Related article:

Technical Tip: FortiAnalyzer swap size dependency on RAM and storage disk

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