Title

Resizing a Partition on Ubuntu Linux

Description 

If the capacity of a Virtual Drive has been increased, then it will be necessary to resize existing partitions. 

Product 

• Ubuntu Linux 18.04

Overview

• Stop exacqVision Server
• Identify virtual drive mount point and Device
• Unmount the virtual drive mount point
• Launch GParted
• Resize the partition
• Mount the virtual drive mount point
• Verify partition size increased
• Start the  exacqVision Server
• Check storage size, status, video both existing and new in the exacqVision Client

Terminal Commands

• Open Terminal (Applications > System Tools > Terminal)
  • Note: See Terminal Commands Start to Finish below for a detailed example
  • Stop the exacqVision Server service 
  • List block devices and mount points 
  • Unmount the virtual drive storage volume
  • Launch GParted , the GParted Window will appear

GParted

• Note:  A Libparted Warning similar to the following may appear, if so, select Fix

• Use the Dropdown to select the device the virtual drive is using in this example “/dev/sda”
• You should now see the existing partition and unallocated space 
• Right-click on the existing partition, a context menu will appear

• Select Resize/Move, the Resize/Move window will appear 
• Change the New Size (MiB) to match the Maximum size listed 
• The Free space preceding and following should now be zero
• Select Resize/Move, the Resize/Move window will close

• There should be 1 operation pending to grow the partition
• Click the green check mark to begin the operation

• Select Apply to confirm the operation, the Applying pending operations window appears
• Note: The time will to complete will vary based on the size of the expansion but will typically be 15 minutes or less. 
• A green check mark will appear next to the Grow operation when complete
• Click Close
• Close GParted

Terminal Continued

• The Terminal Window should still be open from earlier
• Note: See Terminal Commands Start to Finish below for a detailed example
• Mount the partition
• List device blocks and mount points 
  • Confirm that the Size of the Virtual Drive mount point has increased
• Start the exacqVision Server Service
• Close Terminal

exacqVision Client

• On the Drive tab verify the Capacity reported is correct and the status is Healthy
• Search for previously recorded video 
• Verify current video is being recorded 

Congratulations the partition has been successfully expanded 

Terminal Commands Start to Finish