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Increase the System Disk for Panorama on an ESXi Server

The document provides a step-by-step guide for increasing the system disk of the Panorama virtual appliance from 81GB to 224GB. It emphasizes the importance of saving and exporting configurations before proceeding with the disk upgrade and outlines the necessary steps to power off the appliance, add the new disk, migrate data, and verify the upgrade. Additionally, it notes that decreasing the disk size back to 81GB is not supported.

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Increase the System Disk for Panorama on an ESXi Server

The document provides a step-by-step guide for increasing the system disk of the Panorama virtual appliance from 81GB to 224GB. It emphasizes the importance of saving and exporting configurations before proceeding with the disk upgrade and outlines the necessary steps to power off the appliance, add the new disk, migrate data, and verify the upgrade. Additionally, it notes that decreasing the disk size back to 81GB is not supported.

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Table of Contents

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 (/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-
1/panorama-admin/set-up-panorama/set-up-the-panorama-virtual-appliance/setup-prerequisites-for-the-panorama-virtual-
appliance.html#id4430de3f-a44c-4b24-b9c3-52cef1f0bc96).

Decreasing the Panorama virtual appliance system disk back to 81GB is not supported.

STEP 1 -
( Best Practice ) Save and Export Panorama and Firewall Configurations
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e360-476b-970c-252587e565d0).

Save and export your Panorama and firewall configuration to ensure you can recover Panorama if you
encounter any issues.

STEP 2 -
Access the VMware vSphere Client and navigate to your Panorama virtual appliance.

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Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power Off.
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Add the new 224GB system disk.

A Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and Edit Settings.

B Select New Hard Disk as the New Device and Add the new device.

C Configure the new hard disk with 224GB and click OK.

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Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power On.

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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.

A Log in to the Panorama CLI (/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-1/panorama-admin/set-up-


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B Enter the following command to view the available system disks for migration:

admin> request system clone-system-disk target ?

C 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.

D Monitor the disk migration from the web Console. Continue to the next step only after Panorama displays
the following message to indicate the disk migration is complete.

STEP 7 -
Delete the old system disk.

A Access the VMware vSphere Client and navigate to your Panorama virtual appliance.

B Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power Off.

C Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and Edit Settings.

D Delete the old 81GB system disk and click OK.

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A Expand the settings options for the new system disk.

B Select SCSI(0:0) as the Virtual Device Node.

C Click OK to save your configuration changes.

STEP 9 -
Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power On.

STEP 10 -
Verify that you successfully migrated to the new system disk.

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B 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

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