How can I increase the storage of a Lumu Virtual Appliance?
It is strongly recommended to save a Snapshot of the current state of the VA in your hypervisor before you begin.
First, shut down the appliance, then increase its capacity using the hypervisor.
To shut down the Lumu Virtual Appliance execute the command:
shutdown -h now
The following links show how to increase storage in different providers.
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VMWare
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HyperV
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Virtualbox
Next, you should turn on the VA, log in and execute the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cloud-guest-utils -y
sudo growpart /dev/sda 1
sudo resize2fs /dev/sda1
Finally, check that the VA drive was updated using the following command:
Verify storage upgrade