Making a Disk Functional on Your VM

After adding a new disk you need to perform certain actions to make it functional. This guide will walk you through the steps required for different operating systems to initialize and use the new disk effectively.

Access VM

• Navigate to Product Details: Log in to your account and locate the VM for which you wish to modify the storage capacity, after clicking "Services" on the Dashboard and then "My Services".

• Log In to Your VM: Access your VM's console using the provided credentials either from "Product Details" noVNC Console or with another tool like SSH.

Linux Operating Systems

The steps are the same for Linux Based Operating Systems like Debian, Ubuntu, Rocky, Alma.

1. Identify New Disk:

lsblk

2. Partition New Disk:

sudo fdisk /dev/sdX   # Replace X with the new disk identifier

3. Format New Partition:

sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX1   # Replace X with the new partition identifier

4. Mount New Partition:

sudo mkdir /mnt/newdisk

sudo mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt/newdisk   # Replace X with the new partition identifier

Windows Operating Systems

1. Press Win + R: On your keyboard, press the Windows key (usually denoted by Win) along with the R key. This will open the Run dialog.

2. Type diskmgmt.msc: In the Run dialog, type diskmgmt.msc and press Enter or click "OK".

3. Initialize Disk: Right-click on the new disk and select "Initialize Disk" if prompted.

4. Create Volume: Right-click on the unallocated space of the new disk and select "New Simple Volume". Follow the wizard to create a new volume and assign a drive letter.

5. Format Volume: After creating the volume, format it with the desired filesystem (e.g., NTFS).