Resizing and Mounting a Device for Installation

The following instructions enable you to change the size of the given storage device and mount it properly, prior to installing Sisense on Linux. The instructions are for Ubuntu (e.g., v20) and may need to be modified for your Linux.

To resize and mount a device:

  1. Lists information about all available devices.



         sudo lsblk 

    Example response:

    Note:

    • There is only one disk, and the partition is set to only 15G for the standard Cloudshare template.
    • There is no mount at this point.

  2. Open the Parted command line tool.


      
                      sudo parted 
    Example reponse:

  3. Run the print command to show the size of the disks.


      
                      print 
    Example response:

    Disk 3 needs to be resized.

  4. Resize disk 3 to 300 GB.


      
                      resizepart 3 300GB 
    Example response:

  5. Check that the disk has been resized properly.


      
                      print 
    Example response:

  6. Exit Parted.


      
                      quit 

    Note:

    You may need to update /etc/fstab.

  7. Confirm that the resizing worked successfully.


      
                      sudo lsblk 

    Example response:

    Note:

    The SDA 3 device still needs to be resized.

  8. Display the physical volume.


      
                      sudo pvdisplay
    Example response:

  9. Resize the specific sda (in this case sda3).


      
                      sudo pvresize /dev/sda3
    Example response:

  10. Confirm that it has been resized to 300GB.


      
                      sudo pvdisplay
    Example response:

  11. Extend the logical volume.


      
                      sudo lvextend -L +150G ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
    where the ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv name comes from the lsblk command above.
    Example response:
    LV_extend.png


  12. Resize the filesystem.


      
                      sudo resize2fs /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv

  13. Confirm that sda3 resized correctly.


      
                      sudo lsblk

    Example response:
    ConfirmResizing_sda.png


  14. Create the logical volume.


      
                      sudo lvcreate -n sisense ubuntu-vg -L 110G
    Example response:

  15. DIsplay the logical volume.


      
                      sudo lvdisplay
    Example response:

  16. Format the logical volume that was just created.


      
                      sudo mkfs.xfs /dev/ubuntu-vg/sisense
    Example response:

  17. Confirm that the format completed successfully.


      
                      sudo lsblk
    Example response:

  18. Create the sisense directory under opt.


      
                      sudo mkdir -p /opt/sisense 


  19. Add the entry to the /etc/fstab file.


      
                      cat /etc/fstab
    Example response:

  20. Edit the /etc/fstab file.


      
                      sudo nano /etc/fstab

  21. In the /etc/fstab file, insert the following line.


      
                      /dev/ubuntu-vg/sisense /opt/sisense xfs defaults 1 2
    The LV path is entered as the mount: /dev/ubuntu-vg/sisense.

  22. Save the the /etc/fstab file.

  23. Mount the drive.


      
                      sudo mount -a

  24. Confirm that the device is properly mounted and ready for installation.


      
                      df -h
    Example response: