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Data Disk Expansion

Update EBS Volume Size in AWS Console:

  • Login to AWS EC2 Console

  • Click on Instances and search for the EC2 instance to increase the disk size.

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  • Select Storage and click on the VolumeID which is associated with the EC2 instance

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  • Select the volume and click on Actions dropdown and select Modify Volume

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  • Update the volume size and Click Modify and AWS will prompt for user confirmation to update the EBS volume and click Modify

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  • Once the EBS volume is modified, reboot the instance from the AWS console (Instance State > Reboot instance) if the new disk size is not reflected after the modification completes.

Expand the disk on a cluster node

To expand the available space on the disk after the underlying VM disk has been increased:

  1. SSH into the node.
  2. Select Node > Expand disk from the TUI.
  3. The TUI will display the current disk layout and allow you to extend the partition to use the newly available space.