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Allocating the New Hard Disk

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Adding a Hard Drive to Increase Available Disk Space Version 1.0 Allocating the New Hard Disk Check Plugin Versions Allocating extra disk space requires the following plugin versions: § amigopod Administrator 3.0.2 or later To verify you have the correct plugin versions installed, navigate to Administrator > Plugin Manager > Manage Plugins and check the version number in the list. Use the Update Plugins link to download and install updated plugins. Backup Configuration It is important to take a full backup of your configuration under Administrator > Backup & Restore > Configuration Backup. Confirm New Disk Detection Navigate to Administrator > System Information and expand the Storage section. It should summarize two disks. The new disk (probably /dev/sdb) will display a warning regarding the disk "doesn't contain a valid partition table". Allocate Space This advanced feature is currently not available within the system navigation. Please manually type in the file admin_sys_add_hd.php. The page should load and give a summary of the current status. Confirm your desire to add the disk, and click Allocate Space. CONFIDENTIAL 8

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Adding a Hard Drive to Increase Available Disk Space
Version 1.0
CONFIDENTIAL
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Allocating the New Hard Disk
Check Plugin Versions
Allocating extra disk space requires the following plugin versions:
°
amigopod Administrator 3.0.2 or later
To verify you have the correct plugin versions installed, navigate to
Administrator
>
Plugin Manager
>
Manage Plugins
and check the version
number in the list.
Use the
Update Plugins
link to download and install updated plugins.
Backup Configuration
It is important to take a full backup of your configuration under
Administrator
> Backup & Restore > Configuration Backup
.
Confirm New Disk Detection
Navigate to
Administrator > System Information
and expand the
Storage
section.
It should summarize two disks.
The new disk (probably /dev/sdb)
will display a warning regarding the disk “doesn’t contain a valid partition
table”.
Allocate Space
This advanced feature is currently not available within the system navigation.
Please manually type in the file admin_sys_add_hd.php.
The page should load and give a summary of the current status.
Confirm your desire to add the disk, and click
Allocate Space
.