Increasing the Data or Archive Pool Size

To increase the storage:

1. For each CTERA Portal instance you have installed, stop CTERA Portal services, by doing the following:
   1. Open an SSH session to the CTERA Portal instance.
   2. Log in as root user.
   3. Run the command to stop the CTERA Portal services: portal-manage.sh stop
2. Log in to the OpenStack console and access Project > Compute > Instances.
3. For the portal instance, under Actions select Shut Off Instance.
4. Access Project > Compute > Volumes.
5. Click Create Volume.
   The Create Volume screen is displayed.
   
6. Specify the details for the image.
   Volume Name – A unique name to identify the volume.
   Description – An optional description of the volume.
   Volume Source – Select No source, empty volume.
   Type – Select iscsi.
   Size – The additional size required.
   Availability Zone – Select the same availability zone used for the image.
7. Click Create Volume.
   The volume is created. This can take a few minutes.
8. For the new volume, under Actions select Manage Attachments.
   
   The Manage Volume Attachments dialog is displayed.
   
9. Select the portal instance and click Attach Volume.
10. Access Project > Compute > Instances.
11. For the portal instance, under Actions select Start Instance.
12. Run the command to stop the CTERA Portal services: portal-manage.sh stop
13. Extend the storage, by doing the following:
    1. Log in as root to your CTERA Portal server over SSH.
    2. Run the following command to identify the name of the device you attached: fdisk –l
       Locate the device name according to its size and usage information.
    3. Run the following command to extend the data pool: portal-storage-util.sh extend_storage deviceName
       where device is the device name identified when you ran 'fdisk -l'.
       Run the following command to extend the archive pool: portal-storage-util.sh extend_db_archive_pool device
       where device is the device name identified when you ran 'fdisk -l'.
14. For each CTERA Portal instance you installed, 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