topic Re: Log redistribution after adding additional log disk. in General Topics

Log redistribution after adding additional log disk.

Jatin.Singh — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:10:08 GMT

Recently we added a 2TB log disk to this virtual Panorama running 8.1.19 on VMWare ESXi 6.5

Once adding, the log redistribution process on the local log collector started as has been progressing very slowly. Over the course of 15 hours this job progressed to 7%

>show log-collector all

......

Redistribution status: pending --- 7%

How long should this job take to complete?

Will this impact on daily operations in any way?

We followed this https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/8-1/panorama-admin/set-up-panorama/set-up-the-panorama-virtual-appliance/expand-log-storage-capacity-on-the-panorama-virtual-appliance/add-a-virtual-disk-to-panorama-on-an-esxi-server.html (which has no mention of log redistribution or the expected time)

Re: Log redistribution after adding additional log disk.

MP18 — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:58:03 GMT

@Jatin.Singh

As far as I know it should not impact any daily operations and it takes a while to distribute the logs to newly added disks.

Also It depends on your current log storage.

Hope this helps!

Regards

Re: Log redistribution after adding additional log disk.

Jatin.Singh — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 06:05:45 GMT

Thank you for getting back on this.

It is still sitting around 8% and by the looks of it is going to take a week for this.

Is there any way we can speed up this process as we have planned PAN-OS upgrade for panorama tomorrow.

There is no information on the Redistribution of logs in any documentation.

So my question is in that case

Can we run ahead with Panorama PAN-OS upgrades whilst the log re-distribution occurs?

Re: Log redistribution after adding additional log disk.

MP18 — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 17:13:01 GMT

@Jatin.Singh

As far as I know there is no way you can speed up the process?

After the log redistribution Logdb will get changes and elasticsearch too, so please upgrade the Panos after completion of redistribution

Regards

Re: Log redistribution after adding additional log disk.

MP18 — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 03:15:20 GMT

@Jatin.Singh

Also you will lose Data if you do the PAN OS upgrade during the log redistribution.

Regards