Expanding the IVS Disk Drive - VMware

Imaging Appliance - VMware Resize HD

Use this workflow when a VMware-hosted FileWave Imaging Virtual Server (IVS) needs more disk space. First expand the virtual disk in VMware, then run imaging-control increase harddrive on the IVS so the appliance grows the filesystem.

Before you resize

• Let image captures and deployments finish, then schedule downtime for the IVS shutdown and restart.
• Confirm that you have a recoverable backup of the appliance and its virtual disk before changing storage.
• Check that the VMware datastore has enough capacity for the planned growth. Identify the IVS virtual machine and the existing disk to expand; do not add a second disk as a substitute for enlarging the original one.
• Keep access to the virtual-machine console available so you can follow the filesystem expansion and restart.

For VMware

Expand the IVS virtual disk first, then expand its filesystem. The screenshots show an older VMware Fusion interface and an example virtual machine; use your actual IVS and disk capacity. VMware labels vary by product and version. The successful-resize message only confirms the VMware change, not that the IVS filesystem can use the new space.

1. Power off the virtual machine. 
2. Edit the virtual machine settings and extend the virtual disk size. The screenshots below show where to increase the available disk size in VMware. 
 

3. Power on the IVS and log in. FileWave Imaging includes an imaging-control command to expand the appliance filesystem after the VMware disk is larger.

4. Run the command below on the IVS. New FileWave appliances delivered with 15.5.0 or later use fwadmin with sudo; direct root login is disabled. If you are already in an authorized root shell on an older appliance, use the same command without sudo. See IVS imaging-control Commands for the command reference.

sudo imaging-control increase harddrive

5. When prompted with "Have you extended the hard drive in the VM settings?", answer "y".

6. Press Enter when prompted. The IVS restarts with the larger hard drive available.

7. After the IVS restarts, confirm that the filesystem has the expected additional capacity and that the IVS reconnects to FileWave before resuming imaging work. Keep the recovery backup until those checks pass. If VMware shows the larger disk but the IVS still has the old filesystem capacity, record the expansion command's output and contact FileWave Technical Support before attempting manual partition changes.