Technical Tip: How to expand disk space in FortiPAM

In FortiPAM-VM, there are 3 disks:

1. For the system.
2. For the log.
3. For video. 

Check this document for the disk function: Configure FortiPAM-VM hardware settings.

After running, the video disk space may not be big enough, and needs to be expanded. Here is the solution for expanding the existing disk via CLI.

In this example, the existing disk space is 20G, and increasing it to 40 GB.

1. Check the disk space:

Set the FortiPAM to Maintenance Mode:

config system maintenance

    set mode enable/disable

    set reason <string>

    set max-duration

See this article: Technical Tip: Clarification of Maintenance Mode in FortiPAM for more information.

2. Increase disk space via KVM. Shutdown the FortiPAM first, and resize it via the KVM management system:

3. Show the disk space: After powering on, the disk space shows an increase to 40G, but the partition still shows 20G:

4. Format disk and reboot: Enter system maintenance mode:

Note: Before formatting the disk/s, take a backup of log and video files then restore after expanding the disk/s.

Check below document for details:

FortiPAM 1.8.0 Examples: Back up and restore your log and video files

After rebooting, it will show the correct disk space of 40G:

Notes:

• The format reference number is DISK ref(32), not partition ref(33).
• The format will erase all data on it.
• Disk formatting is not limited to the existing FortiPAM-VM deployment. The same procedure can be applied during a new FortiPAM-VM deployment when the disks assigned for log and video storage are not detected by the system.