xcp-ng Troubleshooting

How to Increase Root Disk Size for xcp-ng

1. Backup Data:

Optional but Recommended

2. Create and Boot from Live USB:

• Download Ubuntu ISO and create a bootable USB drive using tools like Rufus.
• Insert the USB drive into the server.
• Adjust your BIOS/UEFI settings to prioritize booting from the USB drive.

3. Launch GParted:

• Once booted into the live environment, open GParted by accessing it from the application menu.

4. Resize the Partition:

• In GParted, you'll see the disk partitions. For example:

         Sda5                part /var/log
         Sda2                part
         Sda1                part /
         Sda4                part /boot/efi
         Sda6               /swap partition
            unallocated space
  

• Right-click on sda4 (/boot/efi) and choose the option to copy the partition.
• Paste this copied partition into sda2.
• delete sda4
• Delete the Sda6 swap partition.

Now it should look like:

             Sda1                     part /
                    unallocated space

Resize sda1 (/):

• Right-click on sda1 and select "Resize".
• Increase the size as needed.

Create a new swap partition:

• Create a 1GB partition and format it as a swap.
• Apply all disk operations and verify the root size by running lsblk in the terminal.

5. Shutdown and Reboot

• Shut down the server, remove the USB drive, and power on the server

Troubleshooting "Local storage" Issue and Adding a New Storage Repository in XCP-ng center

Troubleshooting Steps

1. Identify Disk Information

• Use the lsblk command to list available disks and partitions:

  lsblk
  

3. Creation of New Volume Group

• Try creating a new Volume Group on /dev/sda3:

  sudo pvcreate /dev/sda3
  sudo vgcreate new_vg_name /dev/sda3
  

4. Create a Logical Volume (LV)

• Attempt to create a Logical Volume (LV):

  sudo lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n xcpng_sr_name new_vg_name
  

6. Adding a New Storage Repository

• . Attach New SR in XCP-ng
  • Use xe sr-create to add the new SR:

    xe sr-create content-type=user device-config:device=/dev/new_vg_name/<SR_NAME> name-label="New_SR_NAME" shared=false type=lvm
    

    Replace <SR_NAME> and adjust the command according to the new SR details.

5. Perform a Volume Group (VG) scan and activation

• (VG) scan and activation:

  sudo vgscan
  sudo vgchange -ay
  

8. Verification

• Verify the addition of the new SR:

  xe sr-list
  

• Ensure that the "New_SR" is listed among the available Storage Repositories in xcp-ng center .