topic VM-200 log disk resizing in General Topics

VM-200 log disk resizing

Jatin.Singh — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:37:56 GMT

Hi,

Can we know if the following is possible with Palo Alto?

1.Resize the Log drive on a functional Palo VM without losing all content

We’ve always had a secondary larger log drive when these were built – not big enough mind you.

i.e. an offline resize with something like GParted instead of deleting the existing log drive and recreating a bigger log drive.

2. Rebuild the Palo appliance without losing logging content

If an appliance is rebuilt, and an existing larger log drive is added, is it smart enough to see that drive as usable, rather than reformat&partition it as if a brand new blank disk?

Re: VM-200 log disk resizing

nikoolayy1 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 07:17:40 GMT

Have you reviewed this article?

https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/vm-series/9-1/vm-series-deployment/set-up-a-vm-series-firewall-on-an-esxi-server/install-a-vm-series-firewall-on-vmware-vsphere-hypervisor-esxi/add-additional-disk-space-to-the-vm-series-firewall.html

It sounds like what you want.

Re: VM-200 log disk resizing

OtakarKlier — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:25:36 GMT

Hello,

Also there are free/inexpensive SIEM options of that helps as well.

Regards,