Increasing disk size from 100 GB to 200 GB on an ERM instance

All new installations of ERM starting from installer version 1.0.8 are deployed with a 200 GB disk.

If you have a already deployed ERM you need to follow the instructions below (per hypervisor) to increase the disk of your currently deployed ERM.

VMware

For VMware hypervisors:

  1. Login to your vCenter and find your ERM machine.
  2. Right click on the machine and go to edit settings.

  3. Under the virtual hardware section and under hard disk:

    1. Change the GB value from 100 to 200.
    2. Press OK.
  4. Verify that the created task to reconfigure the virtual machine is successful.
  5. On the next reboot the partitions will be resized automatically.

  6. To confirm that the partitions have been resized you can log in to ERM with SSH or via the serial console and run the command:

    df -h

Hyper-V

For Hyper-V hypervisors:

  1. Connect to your Windows server running Hyper-V manager.
  2. Click on the Hyper-V server where your ERM instance is located.
  3. Shutdown the ERM instance.
  4. Under actions on the right hand side press Edit disk.
  5. Follow the wizard: go to Next.
  6. Locate the disk, browse and pick the location of the ERMdisk. (You can check on the actual machine under settings and hard drive to see where the virtual hard disk is located.)
  7. Select the disk and press Open and then Next.
  8. Select the option Expand and press Next.
  9. Add the new size: change it from 100 to 200 and press Next.
  10. Press Finish.
  11. Start up the ERM instance again.

  12. To confirm that the partitions have been resized you can log in to ERM with SSH or via the serial console and run the command:

    df -h

GCP

For GCP hypervisors:

  1. Login to the Google cloud console.
  2. Go to Compute engine → under storage and click on Disks.
  3. Locate the disk associated with the Compute instance of ERM.
  4. Click on the disk.
  5. Press Edit.
  6. Change the size from 100 GB to 200 GB.
  7. Save and verify that the activity to update the disk is successful.
  8. On the next reboot the partitions will be resized automatically.

  9. To confirm that the partitions have been resized you can log in to ERM with SSH or via the serial console and run the command:

    df -h

Azure

For Azure hypervisors:

  1. Log in to the Azure portal.
  2. Go to virtual machine and locate your ERM instance or search for it.
  3. Click on the virtual machine.
  4. You need to stop your virtual machine before you can continue. Press Stop.
  5. Wait for the machine to shut down.
  6. Under the settings menu in left sidebar click on Disks.
  7. Under Disk name click on the instance disk.
  8. When inside the disk on the left sidebar click on Size + performance.
  9. Change the value in the custom disk size from 100 to 200.
  10. Select the default performance tier.
  11. Press Save.
  12. Save and verify that the activity to update the disk is successful.
  13. Go back to virtual machine and start it up.

  14. To confirm that the partitions have been resized you can log in to ERM with SSH or via the serial console and run the command:

    df -h