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Introduction : Deploying LiveCapture Virtual on Hyper-V : LiveCapture Virtual Disk Configuration
LiveCapture Virtual Disk Configuration
By default LiveCapture Virtual is configured with a single OS disk (Hard disk 1), and a single capture storage disk (Hard disk 2). Both of these hard disks can be extended to increase the amount of log storage and capture storage. Capture storage can also be increased by adding additional hard disk devices to LiveCapture Virtual.
NOTE: LiveCapture VIrtual image must be shutdown to expand the existing disk
Expanding OS storage:
1. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveCapture Virtual machine and select Settings
2. Under IDE Controller 0, select Hard Drive disk1.vhdx.
3. Click Edit to start the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard.
4. On the Locate Virtual Hard Disk page, click Next.
5. Select Expand to expand the capacity of the OS disk, click Next.
6. On the Expand Virtual Disk page, enter the new virtual hard disk size. The size is specified in gigabytes with a maximum size of 64TB for any virtual hard disk.
7. Click Next.
8. On the Completing the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard page, click Finish.
9. Click OK.
10. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveCapture Virtual machine and select Connect
11. In the Virtual Machine Connection window, select Action > Start. On reboot, LiveCapture Virtual automatically resizes the OS partition to the new size.
Expanding capture storage disk(s):
1. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveCapture Virtual machine and select Settings
2. Under IDE Controller 0, select Hard Drive disk2.vhdx.
3. Click Edit to start the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard.
4. On the Locate Virtual Hard Disk page, click Next.
5. Select Expand to expand the capacity of the capture storage disk, click Next.
6. On the Expand Virtual Disk page, enter the new virtual hard disk size. The size is specified in gigabytes with a maximum size of 64TB for any virtual hard disk.
7. Click Next.
8. On the Completing the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard page, click Finish.
9. Click OK.
10. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveCapture Virtual machine and select Connect
11. In the Virtual Machine Connection window, select Action > Start. On reboot, LiveCapture Virtual automatically resizes the capture partition to the new size.
Adding capture storage disk(s):
1. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveCapture Virtual machine and select Settings
2. Click SCSI Controller. On the right pane, under SCSI Controller, click Hard Drive.
3. Click Add.
4. On the right pane, under Hard Drive, click New.
5. On the Before You Begin page, click Next.
6. On the Choose Disk Format page, choose VHDX and click Next.
7. On the Specify Name and Location page, type the name of the new virtual hard disk. If required, type the location of the virtual hard disk. Click Next.
8. On the Configure Disk page, type disk size and click Next.
9. On the Completing the New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard page, click Finish.
10. Click OK.
11. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveCapture Virtual machine and select Connect
12. In the Virtual Machine Connection window, select Action > Start. On reboot, LiveCapture Virtual automatically resizes the capture partition to the new size.