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Travis
Travis
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February 4, 2015
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FortiAnalyzer VM Growing Disk Space

  • February 4, 2015
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I was running out of disk space on my FortiAnalyzer VM, so my VM Admin doubled up the space.  I did a reboot and it did not see the increase, so I upgraded it to 5.0.10, and it still does not see the increase in space.  

 

What do I need to do for it to recognize the expanded disk space?

 

Thank all of you for any assistance!

 

Travis

    Best answer by brazz_FTNT

    bhwong wrote:

    Instead of adding a new disk, I increase the capacity of the existing disk. Is it possible to extend the existing disk capacity in FAZ?

     

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    Hello bhwong,

     

    You need to format your disk , 

     

    check  execute lvm info  on your FAZ 

    if you increase the current disk,  the FMG/FAZ VM says the extra space cannot be used unless  format performs. 

     

    I would suggest you go over these carefully: VM Installation Guide

     

    Extending disk space in FortiAnalyzer VM / FortiManager VM

    2 replies

    Dave_Hall
    Dave_Hall
    New Member
    February 4, 2015

    See KB article FD34953.

    FortiAdam
    FortiAdam
    New Member
    February 4, 2015

    Based on my experience with Fortinet support, you will need to reformat your disk for the FAZ to recognize the new space.  

     

    It would be better to just add a second disk to your FAZ and then you can "extend" your disk space which basically just means the FAZ sees the two disks as one.  It would appear as though you can do this with up to 8 disks total.

     

    If you have to format the disk you can so by running "execute format disk" but be aware of the repercussions.

     

    If you want to extend your storage into a second disk:

    1.  Verify LVM is started - "execute LVM start"

    2.  See if second disk is recognized - "execute lvm info"

    3.  Extend storage - "execute lvm extend diskXX"

    4.  Rebuild DB after reboot "execute sql-local rebuild-db"

      Travis
      TravisAuthor
      New Member
      February 4, 2015

      Thank you both!

       

      The link and for the steps.

       

      I looked in KB for an answer but did not find that document..

       

      Expansion has been completed and my Boss will be happy.

       

      Travis

       

      Yanis_Sauve
      Yanis_Sauve
      New Member
      February 23, 2015

      Could you share your solution?

      Posting it here could help someone else in the future...

       

      Thanks

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