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title: "HPE VM Essentials Management"
slug: "hpe-vm-essentials-1"
tags: ["Portal", "8.3"]
updated: 2026-05-06T15:06:50Z
published: 2026-05-06T15:06:50Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/hpe-vm-essentials-1"
---

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# HPE VM Essentials Management

## Increasing the Data or Archive Pool Size

**Note**

CTERA recommends changing the storage with the help of [CTERA Support](https://ctera.com/support).

**To increase the storage:**

1. For each CTERA Portal instance you have installed, stop CTERA Portal services, by doing the following:
2. Log in to the HPE VM Essentials console.
3. Click **Provisioning > Instances** and select the CTERA Portal VM.  

The VM details are displayed.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-KUV32J0D.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A43%3A36Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A43%3A36Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Grn%2Bq6bzUyGPBD%2FWBhQq5DXzR8%2FTip%2Fk0za7snpxacw%3D)
4. Click **Actions > Stop Server**.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-YMGBU499.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A43%3A36Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A43%3A36Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Grn%2Bq6bzUyGPBD%2FWBhQq5DXzR8%2FTip%2Fk0za7snpxacw%3D)
5. Click **Actions > Reconfigure**.
6. Specify the new size for the volume.
7. Click **Reconfigure**.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-E76QPIKX.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A43%3A36Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A43%3A36Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Grn%2Bq6bzUyGPBD%2FWBhQq5DXzR8%2FTip%2Fk0za7snpxacw%3D)
8. Click the **Storage** tab.
9. Note the **DEVICE** value for the data pool and/or archive pool disk.
10. Extend the storage by doing the following:
  1. Log in as `root` to the CTERA Portal server over SSH.
  2. Run the following command to extend the data pool: `portal-storage-util.sh extend_storage deviceName`  

Where *deviceName* is the **DEVICE** value from the **Storage** tab.  

Run the following command to extend the archive pool: `portal-storage-util.sh extend_db_archive_pool device`  

Where *deviceName* is the **DEVICE** value from the **Storage** tab.  

For example: `portal-storage-util.sh extend_db_archive_pool sdc`
11. For each CTERA Portal instance, starting from the CTERA Portal main database and proceeding to the application servers, start CTERA Portal services by doing the following:
  1. Log in as `root` user to each CTERA Portal server over SSH.
  2. Run the following command to start the portal services: `portal-manage.sh start`