Expand a VM?

[Tim1962]

Although I should probably just wipe and reinstall... Is there a simple way of expanding the size of a (ubuntu) VM in FreeNAS?

 

[kdragon75]

The answer is yes. How depends on if the disk is a raw file or a zvol. A zvol can be expanded from the UI. A raw file would require a tiny (one line) of CLI work.

 

[Tim1962]

Its a zvol. I've expanded that in the gui but the VM internally only "sees" 10Gb as originally set... (Rebooted etc)

 

[KrisBee]

@Tim1962 You now need to expand the filesystem within your Ubuntu VM. The steps will depend on whether you installed it using LVM or not. One way to do this is to boot the VM from an Ubuntu LiveCD and use gparted. It can also be done using CLI tools, there are plenty of examples on the web, here are just two refs:

http://fabianlee.org/2016/07/18/ubuntu-extending-a-virtualized-disk-using-fdisk-when-not-using-lvm/
https://fabianlee.org/2016/07/26/ubuntu-extending-a-virtualized-disk-when-using-lvm/

It's a common task when using virtual machines, there's probably vids on youtube too.

 

[Tim1962]

Thanks, sorted, and bookmarked