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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>If the installable UB /backups partition was created as a Linux LVM, it can be expanded.</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p>For Installable UB (OnMetal) systems, they are allocated a certain amount of storage at install time based on the size of the /backups partition. If the /backups partition was created as a Linux LVM, it can be expanded.</p> <h2 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h2> <p>The following requires the administrator be knowledgeable in Linux and LVMs.<br><br>To expand backup storage for Installable UB: </p> <ol><li>Add additional storage for the /backups partition. If adding internal disks, shutdown the system.</li> <li>Bring down the Unitrends software so there is no activity on the disk: <pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0"> /etc/init.d/bp_rcscript stop</pre> </li> <li>Expand the LVM mounted as /backups to include the new storage (e.g. using Linux commands pvcreate, vgextend, lvextend, and xfs_growfs). </li> <li>Start the Unitrends software again: <pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0"> /etc/init.d/bp_rcscript start</pre> </li> <li>Download the device size update script: <pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0"> wget <a href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=ftp%3A%2F%2Fftp.unitrends.com%2Futilities%2Fupdate_metal_size.sh">ftp://ftp.unitrends.com/utilities/update_metal_size.sh</a></pre> </li> <li>Update the D2D device size in the database: <pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0"> sh update_metal_size.sh</pre> </li> </ol><h2 data-id="notes"><strong>NOTES</strong></h2> <p>The "update_metal_size" script will detect the size of the /backups partition, do a little math, and apply that to the D2DBackups device which resides on /backups. This script will only make changes if the new size is larger than before.</p> </article> </main>