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Increase the Disk Partition size on a Smoothwall VM

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This article applies only to On-Premise Appliance, not to our Cloud products.

 

You can increase the disk space for your virtual machine’s Log partition after installation using an application such as GParted.

  Important

  • If you want to change the Swap (/dev/sda2) or System (/dev/sda3), reinstall Smoothwall on a VM with a larger hard drive and RAM capacity to allocate more SWAP space.
  • Complete this process out of hours, as the Smoothwall VM will be offline during this process.

 

Before you begin

Increase the Disk Partition size

  1. Turn off the Smoothwall VM.
  2. Use the VM host tools to increase the disk to the appropriate size. Refer to your VM’s documentation for instructions.
  3. Adjust the partition sizes on the Smoothwall to use the new space.
  4. Download the GParted boot ISO, a self-contained Linux system with a GUI for the parted application.
  5. Use the GParted ISO to start the Smoothwall.
  6. Accept the default settings.
  7. Use GParted to resize the /dev/sda4 Log partition. Don't change the /dev/sda1 BIOS and GRUB Bootloader.
  8. Apply the changes and boot the Smoothwall. The Smoothwall will now detect the new space on the log partition.