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The process to increase the disk space allocated to DPOD's Store entails the two stages detailed below:

• Increasing the data disk and file system.
• Updating the application Store configuration fileIncrease Data Disk.
• Update Configuration File

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Increase Data Disk Increase Data Disk

Increase the Data Disk and File System

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Select the correct OS level configuration procedure below, based on whether you selected to extend or add a disk.

• Extend existing configure extended disk
• Add configure new Diskdisk

Virtual appliance

With a virtual deployment, there are two options available for increasing DPOD's Store disk space:

• Extend the existing data hard driveExistinf Disk
• Add new data hard driveNew Disk

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Extend Existinf Disk Extend Existinf Disk

Extend the existing Virtual Disk

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1. Stop the DPOD virtual machine.
2. Select Edit virtual machine settings
3. Select Add > Hard Drive
4. Ensure to configure the new hard drive as Thick Provision Eager Zeroed
5.  Wait for the increase process to finish.
6. Start the DPOD virtual machine
   
   
   

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configure new disk configure new disk

Configure

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the new disk at the OS Level

1. Verify the current size of the /data mount point:

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   df -h /data

   The system output should resemble the following:
   

2. Verify the new disk size:

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   fdisk -l |grep /dev/sdd

   The system output should resemble the following:
   

3. Create a new partition with the new size:

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   fdisk /dev/sdd

   
   

   1. Press p to print the partition table and ensure there are no existing partitions. 
      
   2. Press n to create a new primary partition.
   3. Press p for primary.
   4. Press 1 for the partition number
   5. Press Enter twice
      
   6. Press t to change the system's partition ID.
   7. Type 8e to change the Hex Code of the partition for Linux LVM.
   8. Press w to write the changes to the partition table.
      

   9. Reboot the system:

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      reboot

      
      

   10. When the system is back up, ensure the new partition is created:

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       fdisk -l |grep /dev/sdd

        The system output should resenble the resemble  the following:
       

   11. Stop the application by running app-util.sh and selecting option 2 (stop all)

   12. Create a new LVM Physical Volume (PV):

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       pvcreate /dev/sdd1

       
       

   13. Extend the LVM Volume Group (VG):

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       vgextend vg_data /dev/sdd1

       
       

   14.  Extend the LVM logical volume (LV): 

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       lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/vg_data/lv_data

       
       

   15.  Identify the /data file system type (for CentOS 7.2 based appliances the type is xfs): 

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       cat /etc/fstab |grep /data

        The system output should resemble the following:
       
       
       

   16.  Resize the file system. Select the correct command below for your file system type:

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       title ext4
       resize2fs /dev/vg_data/lv_data

       
       

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       title xfs
       xfs_growfs /dev/vg_data/lv_data

       The system output should resemble the following:
       
       
       

   17. To display the new  size size of the /data mount point:

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       df -h /data

       The system output should resemble the following:
       

 

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Update Configuration File Update Configuration File

Update the Store Configuration File

Starting with v1.0.4.0, DPOD is shipped with a script that performs all the necessary steps to update the Store configuration file.

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