Add new physical disk to Dell Poweredge

Dell Poweredge new disk configuration

Last updated

Oct 26, 2019

to create virtual disk, access idrac > configuration > storage configuration > virtual disk > create new virtual disk

3576 GB size

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select both disks, click Apply Job

if job is stuck, clear w racadm

RACADM

get IP of idrac

racadm getniccfg

login

racadm -r 192.168.38.6 -u root -p 'PASSWORD' jobqueue delete -i JID_CLEARALL_FORCE

if idrac doesnt see phys disc, restart idrac

Maintenance > diagnostics > restart idrac

Once virtual disk is created with home disks on a RAID1, create new partition, use fdisk to get disk name (ie, /dev/sdc)

root@qbtch2 /home# parted /dev/sdcGNU Parted 3.1Using /dev/sdcWelcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
### use GPT to create partitions larger than 2TB(parted) mklabel gptWarning: The existing disk label on /dev/sdc will be destroyed and all data on this disk will be lost. Do you want to continue?Yes/No? Yes
(parted) unit TB
(parted) mkpart primary 0.00TB 3.84TB
(parted) print                                                            Model: DELL PERC H730P Mini (scsi)Disk /dev/sdc: 3.84TBSector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096BPartition Table: gptDisk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 0.00TB 3.84TB 3.84TB primary
(parted) quit                                                             Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

use lsblk to check partitions

root@qbtch2 /home# lsblk

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

sda 8:0 0 1.8T 0 disk

├─sda1 8:1 0 1G 0 part /boot/efi

├─sda2 8:2 0 1G 0 part /boot

└─sda3 8:3 0 1.4T 0 part

├─rootvg-root 253:0 0 46.6G 0 lvm /

├─rootvg-opt 253:1 0 28G 0 lvm /opt

├─rootvg-usr_local 253:2 0 46.6G 0 lvm /usr/local

└─rootvg-home 253:3 0 1.3T 0 lvm /home

sdb 8:16 0 1.8T 0 disk

└─sdb1 8:17 0 1.8T 0 part

├─datavg-lvtmp 253:4 0 15G 0 lvm

└─datavg-lvhc 253:5 0 1.8T 0 lvm /mnt/hc

sdc 8:32 0 3.5T 0 disk

└─sdc1 8:33 0 3.5T 0 part

sdd 8:48 0 744G 0 disk

└─sdd1 8:49 0 744G 0 part [SWAP]

create XFS partition on /dev/sdc1

root@qbtch2 /home# mkfs.xfs /dev/sdc1meta-data=/dev/sdc1 isize=512 agcount=4, agsize=234356608 blks = sectsz=4096 attr=2, projid32bit=1 = crc=1 finobt=0, sparse=0data = bsize=4096 blocks=937426432, imaxpct=5 = sunit=0 swidth=0 blksnaming =version 2 bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0 ftype=1log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=457727, version=2 = sectsz=4096 sunit=1 blks, lazy-count=1realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0root@qbtch2 /home# df -h

create new home dir and mount it

mkdir /home2mount /dev/sdc1 /home2

copy contents of /home to /home2

cp -Rp /home/* /home2/

unmount /home2

unmount /home

lsof /home # kill any proc using /homeumount /homeumount /home2

remount as home

mount /dev/sdc1 /home

remount old home as /mnt/hc2

mkdir /mnt/hc2mount /dev/mapper/rootvg-home /mnt/hc2## remove old /home2 dirrm -rf /home2

add to /etc/fstab

blkid (get UUID of new home)

UUID=<ID> /home xfs defaults 0 0

run highstate

Swap

create new Swap partition

### check all disks fdisk -l Disk /dev/sdd: 798.9 GB, 798863917056 bytes, 1560281088 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes ### swap disk is /dev/sdd root@qbtch2 ~# fdisk /dev/sdd Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.23.2). Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. Be careful before using the write command. Device does not contain a recognized partition table Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x3b4cf58e. The device presents a logical sector size that is smaller than the physical sector size. Aligning to a physical sector (or optimal I/O) size boundary is recommended, or performance may be impacted. Command (m for help): n Partition type: p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free) e extended Select (default p): p Partition number (1-4, default 1): First sector (2048-1560281087, default 2048): Using default value 2048 Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-1560281087, default 1560281087): Using default value 1560281087 Partition 1 of type Linux and of size 744 GiB is set Command (m for help): t Selected partition 1 Hex code (type L to list all codes): 82 Changed type of partition 'Linux' to 'Linux swap / Solaris' Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdd: 798.9 GB, 798863917056 bytes, 1560281088 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk label type: dos Disk identifier: 0x3b4cf58e Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 2048 1560281087 780139520 82 Linux swap / Solaris ### write changes Command (m for help): w

once swap disk is ready, swapoff current swap

add new swap partition

add to /etc/fstab

activate swap

verify swap is there, can see new 743G swap

swapoff -a

mkswap /dev/sdd1

/dev/sdd1 swap swap defaults 0 0

swapon -a

root@qbtch2 ~# free -h total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 754G 5.9G 747G 8.2M 871M 746G Swap: 743G 0B 743G