: Increase the System Disk for Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
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Increase the System Disk for Panorama on Google Cloud Platform

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Increase the System Disk for Panorama on Google Cloud Platform

Migrate the existing system 81GB system disk to a 224GB system disk for Panorama deployed on Google Cloud Platform.
Add a 224GB system disk to replace the default 81GB system disk. For the minimum resource requirements for the Panorama virtual appliance, see Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
  1. (Best Practice) Save and Export Panorama and Firewall Configurations.
    Save and export your Panorama and firewall configuration to ensure you can recover Panorama if you encounter any issues.
  2. Log in to the Google Cloud Console.
  3. In VM Instances, Stop the Panorama VM instance.
  4. Add the new 224GB system disk.
    1. Select the Panorama VM instance and select Edit.
    2. In the Additional disks section Add new disk.
    3. Configure the new disk with 224GB and click OK.
  5. In VM Instances, Start the Panorama VM instance.
  6. Migrate disk data from the old system disk to the new system disk.
    In this example, we are migrating to the newly added system disk labeled sdb.
    1. Enter the following command to view the available system disks for migration:
      admin> request system clone-system-disk target ? 
    2. Migrate the disk data to the new system disk using the following command:
      admin> request system clone-system-disk target sdb 
      Enter Y when prompted to begin the disk migration.
      To begin the migration, Panorama reboots and takes at least 20 minutes to complete the disk migration. During this time the Panorama web interface and CLI are unavailable.
    3. Monitor the disk migration by attempting to log in to the Panorama CLI. The Panorama management server is in maintenance mode after the system disk migration is completed and will allow you to log in to the Panorama CLI while in maintenance mode.
  7. Attach the new 224GB system disk.
    1. In VM Instances, Stop the Panorama VM instance.
    2. Select the Panorama VM instance and select Edit.
    3. In the Additional disks section, detach the new 224GB system disk.
    4. In the Boot Disk section, detach the old 81GB system disk.
    5. In the Boot Disk section, Add item and select the new 224GB system disk.
    6. Save your configuration changes.
  8. In VM Instances, Start the Panorama VM instance.
  9. Verify that you successfully migrated to the new system disk.
    1. Enter the following command to view the system disk partitions.
      You must examine the /dev/root, /dev/sda5, /dev/sda6, and /dev/sda8 partitions to confirm the disk size is increased.
      admin> show system disk-space