Upgrading Panorama VM System disk

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Created On 01/21/20 17:46 PM - Last Modified 02/20/20 17:11 PM

VMware ESXi

Deployment

8.1

9.0

Panorama

VM-Series

Symptom

After upgrading from old version panorama to 8.1 or 9.x, the system requirements for disk space (81GB) is higher than the older version (52GB)

Environment

Platform: Panorama on VM (ESXI)
PAN-OS: 8.1 and later

Cause

Due to the increased PANOS features on 8.1 and 9.x, the minimum required system disk space is higher. Therefore after upgrading you need to extend System disk space

Resolution

In order to extend system disk space you should add new disk with at least 81 GB and migrate the data from the old disk, these are the steps required to do it on ESXI:

Access the VMware ESXi vSphere Client, select Virtual Machines, right-click the Panorama virtual appliance, and select Power->Power Off.

Add a new virtual disk of 81GB.

Note: This disk to replace the existing system disk.

In the Hardware settings, Add a disk, select Hard Disk as the hardware type, and click Next.
Create a new virtual disk and click Next.
Set the Disk Size to exactly 81GB and select the Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed disk format.
Select Specify a datastore or datastore structure as the location, Browse to a datastore of at least 81GB, click OK, and click Next.
Select a SCSI Virtual Device Node (you can use the default selection) and click Next.
Verify that the settings are correct and then click Finish and OK.

Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power->Power On. Wait for Panorama to reboot before continuing.

Go to CLI of Panorama and make sure that the disk is recognized, and check the disk name.

Since you already have 2 disks (sda is system disk, and sdb is logging disk), the new disk will probably be sdc.
You can check that with command.

show system disk details

Now you can initiate the copying of the data from the original system disk (sda) to the new system disk (probably sdc):

request system clone-system-disk target sdc

Enter y when prompted to continue.
Panorama will reboot, and process of disk copying will start (can be monitored through console of Panorama VM).
When the process finishes, the output tells you to shut down Panorama.

Return to the vSphere Client console, right-click the Panorama virtual appliance, and select Power->Power Off.

Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and Edit Settings.

Select the original system disk (of 52GB), click Remove, select Remove from virtual machine, and click OK.

By default the old disk will not be permanently deleted if you did not check the checkbox, so you can just copy the Disk file link and use it later to restore the disk in case something went wrong during migration.

Now you need to change the SCSI order of the new disk (currently it is 0:2, should be 0:0):

Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and Edit Settings.
Select the new system disk, set the Virtual Device Node to SCSI (0:0), and click OK.

Right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power On.

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