Procedure to increase storage for the DCE virtual appliance on VMware

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In order to increase storage for the DCE virtual appliance on VMware, you must create additional hard disks.

You cannot change the size of an existing hard disk, or remove a hard disk once it has been

created. An error will occur on the primary interface, and the StruxureWare Data Center

Expert virtual appliance will not start.

1. Gracefully shut down the virtual appliance.

2. In your virtual server console, select the option to add a hard disk.

3. Choose the hard disk size.

See StruxureWare Data Center Expert virtual server equivalent configurations.

4. Choose thin or thick provisioning.

5. Power on the virtual appliance. StruxureWare Data Center Expert 

Changes in the disk space will take effect once the StruxureWare Data Center Expert virtual

appliance has restarted. Do not shut down the virtual appliance while the disk

reconfiguration process is running.

The "Storage Settings" display, accessed from the Server Administration Settings option

in the System menu, shows the total storage space available for the virtual appliance, not

the individual hard disks.

I hope it helps. 

Regards,

Bala

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I'm looking to perform an upgrade to 7.3.1 and then up to 7.4.3.

It looks like it is recommended to add a new disk, rather than expanding the 18gb base drive. How much space is recommended when configuring the additional virtual drive for upgrading 2 versions?

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[DCIM_Support]

Hi Jesse,

I would first suggest you to take the current DCE backup. Therefore, you can restore the DCE in case if something goes wrong. 

And then please check the current storage space under DCE-Administration Settings-Storage

Please check if you have the enough space available.

If possible, please share the screen shot of the current storage. The recommended storage space depends upon the setup such as number of devices, number of alarms, data etc., So it varies as per the requirement of the user. 

You can perform the upgrade as upgrading from 7.3.1 to 7.4.3 may not consume more storage as long as you have enough storage left. You may add additional hard disk to 100 GB which should be fine. 

Regards,

Bala

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I've uploaded the screenshot as requested.

We definitely do not have an extreme number of devices in our configuration.

Jesse

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[DCIM_Support]

I believe you can perform the upgrade activity with the current storage. As mentioned, please take the DCE config and full backup before performing the upgrade. 

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