https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremecloud-iq-site-engine/emc-upgrade-8-0-expand-disk-problem/m-p/27507#M2518 Thank you, that worked well <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span><BR /> Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:39:00 GMT Chacko 2017-07-25T15:39:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremecloud-iq-site-engine/emc-upgrade-8-0-expand-disk-problem/m-p/27505#M2516 Hi,<BR /> <BR /> I just wanted to upgrade to from EMC 7.1 to EMC 8.0 and changed the VM settings with the colleagues from server according to the release-notes.<BR /> So far we had a 100 GiB disk and created a second disk with 380 GiB according to this article: <A href="http://documentation.extremenetworks.com/netsight/8.0/9034996-01_EMC_8.0_Add_Disk_Space.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">http://documentation.extremenetworks.com/netsight/8.0/9034996-01_EMC_8.0_Add_Disk_Space.pdf</A><BR /> <BR /> When I run the expandLVM.sh script with root-Access, the following output is logged: <BR /> <BR /> <BLOCKQUOTE><BR /> WARNING:<BR /> This script will attempt to locate a new virtual drive and add it to<BR /> the current LVM configuration. This script will format the new drive,<BR /> and should only be used in accordance with official instructions<BR /> to increase the size of the hard drive.<BR /> <BR /> Would you like to proceed? <N>: y<BR /> <BR /> Starting partition resizing. Start size is 124GB<BR /> Logging to expandLVM.log<BR /> Scanning for new partition sdc<BR /> Scan could not detect new drive sdc, exiting.</N></BLOCKQUOTE>When looking at the device-files, these devices are shown:<BR /> 13333 0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Jul 25 10:39 /dev/sda<BR /> 13337 0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 Jul 25 10:39 /dev/sda1<BR /> 13338 0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 2 Jul 25 10:39 /dev/sda2<BR /> 13339 0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 5 Jul 25 10:39 /dev/sda5<BR /> 13336 0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 16 Jul 25 10:39 /dev/sdb<BR /> <BR /> Can anyone give me a hint how to proceed?<BR /> Maybe the upgrade can be done with 30GiB free disk space as well?<BR /> <BR /> I'm looking forward to your feedback<BR /> <BR /> Best Regards<BR /> Chacko<BR /> <BR /> Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:55:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremecloud-iq-site-engine/emc-upgrade-8-0-expand-disk-problem/m-p/27505#M2516 Chacko 2017-07-25T13:55:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremecloud-iq-site-engine/emc-upgrade-8-0-expand-disk-problem/m-p/27506#M2517 the expandLVM.sh script looks for an sdc drive to expand into, but your new drive appears to be sdb<BR /> You may edit script and change all sdb entries to sda, and all sdc enties to sdb<BR /> OR you may follow the expand steps manually:<BR /> <A href="https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/How_To/How-to-increase-disk-space-in-NetSight-VM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/How_To/How-to-increase-disk-space-in-NetSight-VM</A><BR /> Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:39:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremecloud-iq-site-engine/emc-upgrade-8-0-expand-disk-problem/m-p/27506#M2517 Nick_Yakimenko 2017-07-25T15:39:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremecloud-iq-site-engine/emc-upgrade-8-0-expand-disk-problem/m-p/27507#M2518 Thank you, that worked well <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span><BR /> Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:39:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremecloud-iq-site-engine/emc-upgrade-8-0-expand-disk-problem/m-p/27507#M2518 Chacko 2017-07-25T15:39:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremecloud-iq-site-engine/emc-upgrade-8-0-expand-disk-problem/m-p/27508#M2519 Glad I helped you<BR /> <BR /> Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:39:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremecloud-iq-site-engine/emc-upgrade-8-0-expand-disk-problem/m-p/27508#M2519 Nick_Yakimenko 2017-07-25T15:39:00Z