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Add Disk and Create A Partition

This document outlines the steps to add a disk to a virtual machine, create a partition on the new disk, format it with the XFS file system, mount it, add it to fstab to automount on reboot, and unmount the disk. The steps include taking a VM snapshot, adding a new disk in the VM settings, partitioning and formatting the disk, creating a mount point directory, mounting the new partition, verifying the mount, and enabling it to mount automatically on reboot.

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Add Disk and Create A Partition

This document outlines the steps to add a disk to a virtual machine, create a partition on the new disk, format it with the XFS file system, mount it, add it to fstab to automount on reboot, and unmount the disk. The steps include taking a VM snapshot, adding a new disk in the VM settings, partitioning and formatting the disk, creating a mount point directory, mounting the new partition, verifying the mount, and enabling it to mount automatically on reboot.

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#################### adding disk & creating a partition ####################

purpose for doing this ? your disk may be out of space or your system is running
additional apps

##### STEP 1 ######


# Take snapshot from oracle VM
# create a new disk: go to settings -> storage -> controller -> add new disk
(create a new one)
keep all settings defaults -> i named my disk after new_disk
(allocate at least 1.5G -> create
# start your VM
# fdisk -l | more ==> the sdb one is the dik we've just added which we will eb
working on
Disk /dev/sdb: 1610 MB, 1610612736 bytes, 3145728 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x7b391eba

# [root@olivier-linux-server jenkins]# fdisk /dev/sdb


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.
Command (m for help):
# click n for new (you can also use the h option to see all other different
options)
Select (default p): p
Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1
press enter (default for the all the options)
# command (m for help): w ==> to create the disk
# run fdisk -l again ==> /dev/sdb1 first partition you create, it assign it number
1
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 3145727 1571840 83 Linux

#### STEP 2 ######


##### assign a file system type ==> we have diff types of file systems such as
ext2-3, xfs, ntfs etc. ######
[root@olivier-linux-server jenkins]# mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb1
meta-data=/dev/sdb1 isize=512 agcount=4, agsize=98240 blks
= sectsz=512 attr=2, projid32bit=1
= crc=1 finobt=0, sparse=0
data = bsize=4096 blocks=392960, imaxpct=25
= sunit=0 swidth=0 blks
naming =version 2 bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0 ftype=1
log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=2560, version=2
= sectsz=512 sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none extsz=4096

#### STEP 3 #####


# now mount the file system
mkdir /data under root
[root@olivier-linux-server /]# mount /dev/sdb1 /data
[root@olivier-linux-server data]# df -h | grep -i data
/dev/sdb1 1.5G 33M 1.5G 3% /data

# create a directory called data under root and call it data


[root@olivier-linux-server /]# ls -l data
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 May 10 05:51 data

# mount it to the partiiton


[root@olivier-linux-server /]# mount /dev/sdb1 /data
[root@olivier-linux-server /]#

# verify the partition ahs now been created


[root@olivier-linux-server /]# mount /dev/sdb1 /data
[root@olivier-linux-server /]# df -h
/dev/sdb1 1.5G 33M 1.5G 3% /data

# enable the mounting at the system reboot


vi /etc/fstab
add the follwing line @ the bottom (make you dont make any mistake otherwise your
system wont reboot)
/dev/sdb1 /data xfs defaults 0 0

# init 6 ==> reboot your system


# check that its properly mounter
[jenkins@olivier-linux-server ~]$ df -h | grep data
/dev/sdb1 1.5G 33M 1.5G 3% /data

# to unmount it, use the below command


unmount /data
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7878707/how-to-unmount-a-busy-device

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