Enlarging GreenLight Disks (GL >v3.5)

In order to enlarge the partition in the GreenLight Appliance, perform the following steps:

1. The easiest way to enlarge a partition in GreenLight is to use the installed partition manager GParted. Please launch it using the Applications menu (you can also start GParted from the Terminal with "sudo gparted"):
   
   
2. Select the new physical disk:
   
   
   
3.  Select the unallocated space, open the Device menu and on click on Create Partition Table:
   
   
   
4. Click on Apply in the warning:
   
   
   
5. Select the new unallocated space, right-click and select New:
   
   
   
6. From the Createas drop down menu, select PrimaryPartition and chose lvm2pv as File system (if needed, a Label can be defined):
   
   
   
7. Save your changes by clicking the apply button - also on the popup message
   
   
   
8. Start the LogicalVolumesManager from the Applications menu
   
   
9. Open the Logical View on the left hand side, select Physical View and click Extend VolumeGroup:
   
   
   
10. Select your new volume and click OK:
    
    
    
11. After this, select the logical volume opt_panagenda_appdata:
    
    
    
12. Resize the logical volume as needed (initial dimensioning: 5MB x database instances): 
    
    
    
13. Select the logical volume opt_panagenda_pgdata (for initial dimensioning see Setup Guide): 
    
    
    
14. Resize the logical volume as needed (see step 12)