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title: "Increasing the Data or Archive Pool Size"
slug: "increasing-the-data-or-archive-pool-size-9-1-1"
tags: ["Portal"]
updated: 2026-04-12T10:33:17Z
published: 2026-04-12T10:33:17Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/increasing-the-data-or-archive-pool-size-9-1-1"
---

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# Increasing the Data or Archive Pool Size

**Note**

CTERA recommends changing the storage with the help of CTERA support [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:
  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. In the vSphere Client console, right-click the CTERA Portal virtual machine and click **Edit Settings**.  

The virtual machine settings are displayed.
3. In the **Virtual Hardware** tab, click select **Hard Disk** under **ADD NEW DEVICE**.  

A new hard disk is added to the settings.
4. Specify the disk size you want for the new disk.
5. Expand the **New Hard disk** item and for **Location** browse to the datastore you want to use for either the data pool or archive pool.
6. Select the disk to use.
7. Click **OK**.  

The new VMDK hard disk is added.
8. Log in as `root` over SSH to the CTERA Portal server with the data pool or archive pool to increase.
9. Run the following command to identify the name of the device you attached: `fdisk –l`
10. Locate the device name according to its size and usage information.
11. Run the following command to extend the data pool: `portal-storage-util.sh extend_storage deviceName`  

where *deviceName* is the device name identified when you ran `fdisk -l`.
12. Run the following command to extend the archive pool: `portal-storage-util.sh extend_db_archive_pool deviceName`  

where *deviceName* is the device name identified when you ran `fdisk -l`.  

For example: `portal-storage-util.sh extend_db_archive_pool sde`
13. For each CTERA Portal instance, starting from the CTERA Portal main database and proceeding to the application servers, start CTERA Portal services.
  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`