Attach an additional disk to Citrix ADM 编辑

Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM) storage requirement is determined based on your Citrix ADM sizing estimation. By default, Citrix ADM provides you a storage capacity of 120 GB. If you need more than 120 GB for storing your data, you can attach an additional disk.

Note

• Estimate storage requirements and attach an additional disk to the server at the time of initial deployment of Citrix ADM.

• For a Citrix ADM single-server deployment, you can attach only one disk to the server in addition to the default disk.

• For a Citrix ADM high availability deployment, you must attach an additional disk to each node. The size of both disks must be identical.

• If you had earlier attached an external disk of lower capacity, you must remove the disk before attaching a new disk.

• You can attach an additional disk of capacity greater than 2 terabytes. If necessary, the size of the disk can be lower than 2 terabytes also.

• Citrix recommends using solid-state drive (SSD) technology for Citrix ADM deployments.

This document explains the following scenarios about attaching a new additional disk, creating partitions, and resizing the additional disks:

1. Attach a new additional disk

2. Launch the disk partitioning tool

3. Create partitions in the new additional disk

4. Resize the existing additional disk

5. Remove partitions on the additional disk

Attach an additional disk in a standalone Citrix ADM

Perform the following steps to attach a disk to the virtual machine:

1. Shut down the Citrix ADM virtual machine.

2. In the hypervisor, attach an additional disk of the required disk size to Citrix ADM virtual machine.

   The newly attached larger disk stores the database data and Citrix ADM log files. The existing 120-gigabytes default disk is now used to store the core files, operating system log files, and so on.

3. Start the Citrix ADM virtual machine.

Citrix ADM disk partition tool

Citrix ADM now provides Citrix ADM disk partition tool, a new command line tool. The functionalities of this tool are described in detail as follows:

1. Using the tool, you can create partitions in the newly added additional disk.

2. You can also resize existing additional disk using this tool. But the existing external disk should not be greater than 2 terabytes.

   Note

   • It is not possible to resize existing disks beyond 2 terabytes without losing data. This is due to a known limitation on the platform.

   • To create a storage capacity greater than 2 terabytes, you must remove the existing partitions and create partitions using this new tool.

3. Using this new tool, you can perform any partition action on the disk explicitly. The tool provides you with clear visibility and control over the disk and the associated data.

   Note

   You can only use this tool on the additional disk that you have attached to the Citrix ADM server. You cannot create partitions in the primary (default) 120-gigabytes disk using this tool.

Launch the disk partition tool

1. Open an SSH connection to the Citrix ADM by using an SSH client, such as PuTTY.

2. Log on to the Citrix ADM by using the administrator credentials.

3. Switch to the shell prompt and type:

   /mps/DiskPartitionTool.py
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