Supplementing an Additional Hard Drive to BitrixVA

&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;warning&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Attention!&lt;/b&gt; For operations, described in this lesson, *nix-systems administration knowledge is required. Prior to starting of operations, it is recommended to perform a full &lt;b&gt;«Bitrix Virtual Appliance»&lt;/b&gt; backup.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Because the main volume of disk space is consumed by site content and their reserve copies, located in &lt;code&gt;/home/bitrix&lt;/code&gt;, as well as by the database, located in &lt;code&gt;/var/lib/mysql&lt;/code&gt;, these specific partitions should be placed at separate disks.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Let's review this task with an example, when a folder &lt;code&gt;/home&lt;/code&gt; is transferred with site contents and their backup copies to a separate disk. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; A new disk of required size should be added in the equipment list of the Virtual Appliance settings. All the actions, listed below, are needed to be performed under the &lt;b&gt;root&lt;/b&gt; user administrator account: &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/images/portal_admin/install/vmbitrix/vm_disk_increase1_sm.png&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; height=&quot;498&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/images/portal_admin/install/vmbitrix/vm_disk_increase2_sm.png&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; height=&quot;512&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;After the disk was added, to initialize it, a server re-load can possibly be required. You can see the new disk and its assigned letter designation via this command: &lt;br /&gt; &lt;pre class=&quot;syntax&quot;&gt;fdisk -l&lt;/pre&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/images/portal_admin/install/vmbitrix/vm_disk_increase3_en.png&quot; width=&quot;540&quot; height=&quot;357&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Launch the &lt;b&gt;fdisk&lt;/b&gt; utility for work with the &lt;code&gt;/dev/sdb&lt;/code&gt; disk: &lt;pre class=&quot;syntax&quot;&gt;fdisk /dev/sdb&lt;/pre&gt; &lt;p&gt;Create a new partition via the &lt;b&gt;n&lt;/b&gt; command:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;new (primary partition) - &lt;b&gt;p&lt;/b&gt; command and &lt;code&gt;Partition number (1-4): 1&lt;/code&gt;;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;first and the last sectors should be selected by default - this way, a partition will be created, using all the free space on the disk:&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/images/portal_admin/install/vmbitrix/vm_disk_increase4_en.png&quot; width=&quot;552&quot; height=&quot;387&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;p&gt;To save changes on the disk and to exit from the fdisk, enter the &lt;b&gt;w&lt;/b&gt; command. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After partition table are saved, format new partition and transfer information from &lt;code&gt;/home&lt;/code&gt; to it: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;b&gt;CentOS 6&lt;/b&gt; &lt;pre class=&quot;syntax&quot;&gt;mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt service httpd stop service nginx stop mv -f /home/* /mnt umount /mnt &lt;/pre&gt; &lt;b&gt;CentOS 7&lt;/b&gt; &lt;pre class=&quot;syntax&quot;&gt;mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt systemctl stop httpd.service systemctl stop nginx.service mv -f /home/* /mnt umount /mnt &lt;/pre&gt; &lt;li&gt;Text step, define &lt;b&gt;UUID&lt;/b&gt; for new disk: &lt;pre class=&quot;syntax&quot;&gt;blkid /dev/sda1: UUID=&quot;99066558-ba04-465c-9962-e827aa2928ec&quot; TYPE=&quot;ext4&quot; /dev/sda2: UUID=&quot;8ea38ef9-1ee5-423b-a013-15fd603a678e&quot; TYPE=&quot;swap&quot; /dev/sda3: UUID=&quot;08ec5c65-8fd8-47ac-a998-d81195c8f964&quot; TYPE=&quot;ext4&quot; /dev/sdb1: UUID=&quot;b2e58731-b621-4bd5-909a-afe3bb5dd8a1&quot; TYPE=&quot;ext4&quot; &lt;/pre&gt; &lt;p&gt;and add the record (in this example: &lt;code&gt;UUID=b2e58731-b621-4bd5-909a-afe3bb5dd8a1&lt;/code&gt;) about it in &lt;code&gt;/etc/fstab&lt;/code&gt; (instead of &lt;b&gt;UUID&lt;/b&gt;, device name &lt;code&gt;/dev/sdb&lt;/code&gt; also can be used): &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/images/portal_admin/install/vmbitrix/vm_disk_increase5_sm.png&quot; width=&quot;756&quot; height=&quot;173&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt; The only thing that is left, is to import a new disk and to launch previously stopped services:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;b&gt;CentOS 6&lt;/b&gt; &lt;pre class=&quot;syntax&quot;&gt;mount /home service httpd start service nginx start &lt;/pre&gt; &lt;b&gt;CentOS 7&lt;/b&gt; &lt;pre class=&quot;syntax&quot;&gt;mount /home systemctl start httpd.service systemctl start nginx.service &lt;/pre&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Adding disks in other virtualization environment or directly on a physical server is performed in a similar manner.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;