Root access to InsightIQ appliance

Question

Hi,

I have InsightIQ 4.0 and 4.1.1 and want to change the database disk to a higher capacity. I am using the virtual appliance on VMware ESXi. Once I change the 2nd HDD size in VMware, the application does not see the new bigger size, as expected. I expect I need to login to the Linux OS to 'expand' the disk before the application can use it. I also intend to install some monitoring agent within the OS.

Is there any root access? the built-in administrator account does not have any good access level in the OS.

Many Thanks!

Jay

Phil.Lam · Accepted Answer

try this link: https://community.emc.com/message/907507

Peter_Sero · Answer

You can use sudo from the administrator account (using administrator's password, not root's). hth -- Peter

jmhere · Answer

Hi Peter,

Many thanks for your quick response. My colleague who was actually working on this and understands Linux lot better than I do said he was not even able to change some basic file attribute using sudo.

I tried myself just now and successfully authenticated sudo using administrator's password, then entered command 'fdisk -l', it listed the 4 partitions but said 'unable to open' against each of them. I tried 'fdisk /dev/sdb' and it again said 'unable to open'.

Would you kindly be able to guide how to expand the second (data) drive within the OS after allocating more from ESXi?

Many Thanks!

RobChang-Isilon · Answer

jmhere -- Have you guys resolved this issue per Phil's link? Thanks.

jmhere · Answer

Hi Phil,

Many thanks! Thanks to Peter too (its me who is new to Linux, and did not use -s with sudo, that made all the difference!).

One question though - is this set of commands/steps still exactly the same for InsightIQ 4.0 and 4.1?

Warm Regards,

Jayatu

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