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Use this tool to create or edit partitions on the Tranzman Appliance.
 
Use this tool to create or edit partitions on the Tranzman Appliance.
 
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===Step 1===
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Navigate through the '''SRL Support Menu''' to launch parted.
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> srl_support
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> parted /dev/sdb
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Please enter One time passcode: XXXXX
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GNU Parted 2.1
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Using /dev/sdb
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Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
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===Step 2===
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Set the label to GPT for disks bigger than 2TB.
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> parted /dev/sdb mklabel gpt
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| style="width: 1%;"|[[File:Note.png|30px]]|| style="padding: 10px; width: 85%;"|'''Note:''' Make sure to align partitions correctly or performance will be very poor. If a partition needs to be modified, the system will produce a warning message similar to the one below.
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Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance.
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Ignore/Cancel?
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===Step 3===
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Create the first partition starting from 2048KB, this will be the logs (10% of database) area.
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> parted mkpart primary 2048KiB 10GiB
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===Step 4===
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Create the next partitions using the last number from the previous partition as the starting point. This will be the swap partition. i.e. 2 x Memory on the machine.
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> parted mkpart primary 10GiB 26GiB
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===Step 5===
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Create a database area which includes 2 x combined number of records for all environments (images, media workloads, etc * 512k).
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> parted mkpart primary 26GiB 126GiB
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===Step 6===
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Now create the data area (2.5 x the combined size of the origin catalogs).
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> parted mkpart primary 126GiB 512GiB
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===Step 7===
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Lastly create the datastore area (2GB for same vendor migrations). For cross vendor, this will need to be the largest of either;
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* 5 x size of the largest image in the catalog
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* 2.5 x size of uncompressed media x number of drives to be used
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> parted mkpart primary 512GiB 22560GiB
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Use this link to go back to the [[SRL Support]] Page.

Latest revision as of 16:12, 6 November 2018

Use this tool to create or edit partitions on the Tranzman Appliance.

Step 1

Navigate through the SRL Support Menu to launch parted.

> srl_support > parted /dev/sdb Please enter One time passcode: XXXXX GNU Parted 2.1 Using /dev/sdb Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.

Step 2

Set the label to GPT for disks bigger than 2TB.

> parted /dev/sdb mklabel gpt

Note.png Note: Make sure to align partitions correctly or performance will be very poor. If a partition needs to be modified, the system will produce a warning message similar to the one below.

Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance. Ignore/Cancel?

Step 3

Create the first partition starting from 2048KB, this will be the logs (10% of database) area.

> parted mkpart primary 2048KiB 10GiB

Step 4

Create the next partitions using the last number from the previous partition as the starting point. This will be the swap partition. i.e. 2 x Memory on the machine.

> parted mkpart primary 10GiB 26GiB

Step 5

Create a database area which includes 2 x combined number of records for all environments (images, media workloads, etc * 512k).

> parted mkpart primary 26GiB 126GiB

Step 6

Now create the data area (2.5 x the combined size of the origin catalogs).

> parted mkpart primary 126GiB 512GiB

Step 7

Lastly create the datastore area (2GB for same vendor migrations). For cross vendor, this will need to be the largest of either;

  • 5 x size of the largest image in the catalog
  • 2.5 x size of uncompressed media x number of drives to be used

> parted mkpart primary 512GiB 22560GiB


Use this link to go back to the SRL Support Page.