OBCP Cluster Management
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Add Capacity to OBCP Cluster NAS
- Insert hard disk with caddy into next available slot within NAS
- Within the NAS Windows OS, open Dell Open Manage Server Administrator
- Initialize the new physical disk
- Reconfigure the virtual disk (RAID-6) to include the new disk
- Re-initialize the virtual disk to prepare for added capacity
- Within the NAS Windows OS, open Windows Computer Management
- In Disk Management, extend the virtual disk volume to use the added capacity
- In iSCSI Software Management, go to Device and extended the virtual disk volume to use the added capacity
- Within the cluster Ubuntu OS, prepare to extend the iSCSI partition and filesystem
- Kill any processes accessing the iSCSI interface
- Logout from the iSCSI connection and unmount the iSCSI filesystem (umount /dev/sdb1 - may require a restart)
- Within the Ubuntu GUI, open GParted and extend the partition stored on the NAS
- Log back into the iSCSI connection and remount the iSCSI filesystem (mount -a)
- The cluster is now ready to use the additional storage capacity