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Our Check Point Management Server has been migrated into Virtual Edition platform which is running on Citrix Xen server. Originally it is only 100GB hard drive set for testing.
After running stabilised for a couple of days, I decided to enlarge the log space since 50G logging is definitely not enough.
My old 2014 post “Resize Checkpoint Firewall’s Disk/Partition Space (Gaia and Splat Platform)” has some details to enlarge Logical Volume size with existing free space which supposed to be used as snapshots. This post will focus how to add a new disk into your system and enlarge your log logical volume.
Related posts:
- Resize Checkpoint Firewall’s Disk/Partition Space (Gaia and Splat Platform)
- Checkpoint Management Center Snapshot, Backup and Log file location
Here are all steps related to this task. Those steps also fit into Vmware environment.
300GB virtual disk has been added into our Management server virtual machine.
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 107.3 GB, 107374182400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 13054 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 38 305203+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 39 299 2096482+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda3 300 13054 102454537+ 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/hdb: 322.1 GB, 322122547200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 39162 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk /dev/hdb doesn't contain a valid partition table
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# fdisk /dev/hdb
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous
content won't be recoverable.
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 39162.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-39162, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-39162, default 39162):
Using default value 39162
Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): 83
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 107.3 GB, 107374182400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 13054 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 38 305203+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 39 299 2096482+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda3 300 13054 102454537+ 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/hdb: 322.1 GB, 322122547200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 39162 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 39162 314568733+ 83 Linux
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# pvcreate /dev/hdb1
Physical volume "/dev/hdb1" successfully created
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# pvdisplay
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/hda3
VG Name vg_splat
PV Size 97.71 GB / not usable 21.26 MB
Allocatable yes
PE Size (KByte) 32768
Total PE 3126
Free PE 724
Allocated PE 2402
PV UUID Stnt1u-kxSY-qv41-HawK-gvLi-Abyx-vgfcUP
--- NEW Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/hdb1
VG Name
PV Size 300.00 GB
Allocatable NO
PE Size (KByte) 0
Total PE 0
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 0
PV UUID Af23rd-Nq98-mNm7-uAes-I0I9-yxZV-ALq4Vg
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# vgcreate group_john1 /dev/hdb1
Volume group "group_john1" successfully created
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_splat-lv_current
20G 8.1G 11G 44% /
/dev/hda1 289M 37M 238M 14% /boot
tmpfs 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/vg_splat-lv_log
49G 5.9G 41G 13% /var/log
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/hda3 vg_splat lvm2 a- 97.69G 22.62G
/dev/hdb1 group_john1 lvm2 a- 299.99G 299.99G
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy%
lv_Inia vg_splat -wi-a- 5.06G
lv_current vg_splat -wi-ao 20.00G
lv_log vg_splat -wi-ao 50.00G
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# lvcreate -L 299990 -n vol2 group_john1
/dev/cdrom: open failed: Read-only file system
Rounding up size to full physical extent 292.96 GB
Logical volume "vol2" created
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy%
vol2 group_john1 -wi-a- 292.96G
lv_Inia vg_splat -wi-a- 5.06G
lv_current vg_splat -wi-ao 20.00G
lv_log vg_splat -wi-ao 50.00G
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/hda3 vg_splat lvm2 a- 97.69G 22.62G
/dev/hdb1 group_john1 lvm2 a- 299.99G 7.03G
[Expert@CP-Management:0]#
During above steps, I created a new virtual group group_john1 and a new logical volume vol2. Unfortunately, those steps are not needed.
On next section, I will show how to remove logical volume vol2 and virtual group one by one.
After deleted that new virtual group, I will extend existing logical volume to this new disk.
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 107.3 GB, 107374182400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 13054 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 38 305203+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 39 299 2096482+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda3 300 13054 102454537+ 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/hdb: 322.1 GB, 322122547200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 39162 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 39162 314568733+ 83 Linux
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# vgdisplay
--- Volume group ---
VG Name group_john1
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 1
Metadata Sequence No 2
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 1
Open LV 0
Max PV 0
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 299.99 GB
PE Size 4.00 MB
Total PE 76798
Alloc PE / Size 74998 / 292.96 GB
Free PE / Size 1800 / 7.03 GB
VG UUID FS1Lp5-1x3e-TGHU-0j94-buty-YY2Z-7iRjmN
--- Volume group ---
VG Name vg_splat
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 1
Metadata Sequence No 9
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 2
Open LV 2
Max PV 0
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 97.69 GB
PE Size 32.00 MB
Total PE 3126
Alloc PE / Size 2240 / 70.00 GB
Free PE / Size 886 / 27.69 GB
VG UUID E3Rsl2-UJHA-dgCG-cZBS-YoGo-CzE0-EIvRXE
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# vgchange -a n group_john1
0 logical volume(s) in volume group "group_john1" now active
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# vgremove group_john1
/dev/cdrom: open failed: Read-only file system
Volume group "group_john1" still contains 1 logical volume(s)
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy%
vol2 group_john1 -wi--- 292.96G
lv_current vg_splat -wi-ao 20.00G
lv_log vg_splat -wi-ao 50.00G
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# lvremove /dev/group_john1/vol2
/dev/cdrom: open failed: Read-only file system
Logical volume "vol2" successfully removed
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# vgremove group_john1
/dev/cdrom: open failed: Read-only file system
Volume group "group_john1" successfully removed
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/hda3 vg_splat lvm2 a- 97.69G 27.69G
/dev/hdb1 lvm2 -- 300.00G 300.00G
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# pvdisplay /dev/hdb1
--- NEW Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/hdb1
VG Name
PV Size 300.00 GB
Allocatable NO
PE Size (KByte) 0
Total PE 0
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 0
PV UUID Af23rd-Nq98-mNm7-uAes-I0I9-yxZV-ALq4Vg
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# vgscan --mknodes
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
Found volume group "vg_splat" using metadata type lvm2
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/hda3 vg_splat lvm2 a- 97.69G 27.69G
/dev/hdb1 lvm2 -- 300.00G 300.00G
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# vgextend vg_splat /dev/hdb1
/dev/cdrom: open failed: Read-only file system
Attempt to close device '/dev/cdrom' which is not open.
Volume group "vg_splat" successfully extended
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/hda3 vg_splat lvm2 a- 97.69G 27.69G
/dev/hdb1 vg_splat lvm2 a- 299.97G 299.97G
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy%
lv_current vg_splat -wi-ao 20.00G
lv_log vg_splat -wi-ao 50.00G
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# vgdisplay
--- Volume group ---
VG Name vg_splat
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 2
Metadata Sequence No 10
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 2
Open LV 2
Max PV 0
Cur PV 2
Act PV 2
VG Size 397.66 GB
PE Size 32.00 MB
Total PE 12725
Alloc PE / Size 2240 / 70.00 GB
Free PE / Size 10485 / 327.66 GB
VG UUID E3Rsl2-UJHA-dgCG-cZBS-YoGo-CzE0-EIvRXE
Following output is showing how to use lvm_manager to resize lv_current/lv_log. Download LVM manager from here.
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# ls
last_dump.log lvm_manager.sh
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# lvm_manager
elect action:
1) View LVM storage overview
2) Resize lv_current/lv_log Logical Volume
3) Quit
Select action: 1
VM overview
============
Size(GB) Used(GB) Configurable Description
lv_current 20 9 yes Check Point OS and products
lv_log 50 12 yes Logs volume
upgrade 22 N/A no Reserved for version upgrade
swap 2 N/A no Swap volume size
free 305 N/A no Unused space
------- ----
total 399 N/A no Total size
press ENTER to continue.
==============================================================================================
elect action:
1) View LVM storage overview
2) Resize lv_current/lv_log Logical Volume
3) Quit
Select action: 2
elect Logical Volume for size modification:
1) lv_current
2) lv_log
3) Cancel
Select Logical Volume: 2
VM overview
============
Size(GB) Used(GB) Configurable Description
lv_current 20 9 yes Check Point OS and products
lv_log 50 12 yes Logs volume
upgrade 22 N/A no Reserved for version upgrade
swap 2 N/A no Swap volume size
free 305 N/A no Unused space
------- ----
total 399 N/A no Total size
Resizing lv_log Logical Volume
==============================
lv_log size can be between 13G to 355G.
Enter the new size(GB) or leave blank to cancel: 300
Note that all Check Point products will be shutdown during the resizing operation and the machine will be rebooted automatically at the end of the process.
This may take several minutes.
Are you sure you want to continue?(Y/N)[N]y
Stopping Check Point products. This may take several minutes ...
Killing processes that access to the filesystem...
Unmounting logical volume ...
Checking the filesystem...
/dev/vg_splat/lv_log: 1315/13107200 files (11.4% non-contiguous), 3320980/13107200 blocks
Start resizing...
Extending logical volume lv_log to 300.00 GB
Logical volume lv_log successfully resized
Resizing the filesystem on /dev/mapper/vg_splat-lv_log to 78643200 (4k) blocks.
Begin pass 1 (max = 2000)
Extending the inode table ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZX
The filesystem on /dev/mapper/vg_splat-lv_log is now 78643200 blocks long.
Mounting the filesystem...
******************************************************************
Operation ended successfully.
Logical Volume size changed from 50G to 300G.
Press ENTER for reboot.
Reboot ...
Broadcast message from admin (pts/2) (Mon Sep 19 15:01:51 2016):
The system is going down for reboot NOW!
[Expert@CP-Management:0]#
lv_current/lv_log has been resized from 50G to 300G. There are 55G free space left which could be used to resize other logical volume or used to store system snapshots as show below.
Verify:
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy%
lv_current vg_splat -wi-ao 20.00G
lv_log vg_splat -wi-ao 300.00G
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/hda3 vg_splat lvm2 a- 97.69G 0
/dev/hdb1 vg_splat lvm2 a- 299.97G 77.66G
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# pvdisplay
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/hda3
VG Name vg_splat
PV Size 97.71 GB / not usable 21.26 MB
Allocatable yes (but full)
PE Size (KByte) 32768
Total PE 3126
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 3126
PV UUID Stnt1u-kxSY-qv41-HawK-gvLi-Abyx-vgfcUP
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/hdb1
VG Name vg_splat
PV Size 300.00 GB / not usable 28.03 MB
Allocatable yes
PE Size (KByte) 32768
Total PE 9599
Free PE 2485
Allocated PE 7114
PV UUID Af23rd-Nq98-mNm7-uAes-I0I9-yxZV-ALq4Vg
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# vgdisplay
--- Volume group ---
VG Name vg_splat
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 2
Metadata Sequence No 11
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 2
Open LV 2
Max PV 0
Cur PV 2
Act PV 2
VG Size 397.66 GB
PE Size 32.00 MB
Total PE 12725
Alloc PE / Size 10240 / 320.00 GB
Free PE / Size 2485 / 77.66 GB
VG UUID E3Rsl2-UJHA-dgCG-cZBS-YoGo-CzE0-EIvRXE
[Expert@CP-Management:0]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_splat-lv_current
20G 7.9G 11G 43% /
/dev/hda1 289M 24M 251M 9% /boot
tmpfs 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/vg_splat-lv_log
291G 12G 265G 5% /var/log
[Expert@CP-Management:0]#
Reference:
1. How to change the default storage path for FireWall Log files on Security Management Server
2. How to add log storage to a VMware Virtual Machine running Gaia OS
3. Increasing the Security Gateway Virtual Edition Disk Size
4. How to Manage and Use LVM (Logical Volume Management) in Ubuntu
5. Managing partition sizes via LVM manager on Gaia OS
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