Technical Tip : Increasing the size of the disk for FortiClient EMS templates after importing them to VM environment

Description

This article describes the steps to increase the size of the default disk of the FortiClient EMS server that has been imported from VM templates.

Scope

FortiClient EMS server v7.4.4 and above.

Solution

1. Increase the existing disk to the desired size in the virtualization environment.

2. Apply the following command from the EMSCLI to expand the current disk:

execute lvm expand-disk --disk.name sda

3. Apply the following command from the EMSCLI to expand the current volume while using all the free space that has been added.

execute lvm expand-volume --grow.free

4. (Optional) Apply the following command from the EMSCLI to expand the current volume while using a specific size that has been added.

execute lvm expand-volume --grow.db float

Example: execute lvm expand-volume --grow.db 10. In this example, the size has been increased by 10 GB.