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    Panorama Administrator's Guide

    Increase the System Disk for Panorama on a KVM Server

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    Increase the System Disk for Panorama on a KVM Server

    Migrate the existing system 81GB system disk to a 224GB system disk for Panorama deployed on a KVM server.
    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.
    Decreasing the Panorama virtual appliance system disk back to 81GB is not supported.
    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. Access the KVM Client and navigate to your Panorama virtual appliance.
    3. Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select PowerPower Off.
    4. Add the new 224GB system disk.
      1. Open Virt-manager and click Storage.
      2. Select Create a disk image for the virtual machine and configure the new hard disk with 224GB.
      3. Configure the new hard disk with 224GB and click OK.
    5. Power On the Panorama.
      Panorama may take up to 30 minutes to initialize the new system disk. During this time the Panorama web interface and CLI are unavailable.
    6. Execute the command show system disk details to verify that the new disk is added.
    7. Log in to the Panorama CLI and migrate disk data from the existing system disk to the new system disk by executing the command request system clone-system-disk target.
      In the example below, we are cloning the existing disk to the newly added system disk labeled 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.
      • Monitor the disk migration from the web Console. Continue to the next step only after Panorama displays a message to indicate the disk migration is complete.
    8. Delete the old system disk.
      1. Access the KVM Client and navigate to your Panorama virtual appliance.
      2. Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select PowerPower Off.
      3. Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and Edit Settings.
      4. Delete the old 81GB system disk and click OK.
    9. Shutdown the KVM instance.
    10. Power On the Panorama and verify that you successfully migrated to the new system disk.
      1. Log in to the Panorama CLI.
      2. Enter the following command to view the system disk partitions:
        show system disk-partition
      3. Verify the new disk is of 224 GB disk and displays a root volume of 16GB instead of 8GB.

    Increase the System Disk on a KVM Server in Panorama-mode

    To increase the system disk on a KVM Server in Panorama-mode:
    1. Log in to the Panorama CLI.
    2. Execute the command show system info | match system-mode and verify the system-mode of the Panorama is listed as panorama.
    3. Execute the command show system disk details and verify the following:
      1. Status: Available
      2. Reason: Admin enabled
    4. Shutdown the Panorama.
    5. Add a 224 GB disk using the virt-manager.
    6. Power ON the Panorama VM.
    7. Execute the command show system disk details and verify the new disk added is of 224 GB.
    8. Execute the command request system clone-system-disk target and select the required disk. This initiates a reboot on the Panorama following the disk cloning.
    9. Verify the completion of disk cloning through virt-manager.
    10. Initiate a shutdown on the VM and delete the 81GB disk.
    11. Power on the Panorama VM.

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