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IBM Cloud: How do I see the newly attached block storage in a virtual server?


I created a virtual server but found that the space was too small, so I wanted to add additional disk space to it. After attaching it, I'm not able to see the newly attached disk using df -h in the virtual server. How can I see the newly attached disk?


Solution

  • There are several commands that you can use: fdisk -l and lsblk.

    The first disk drive should appear as xvda. Usually, there is a second disk drive xvdb that is used for swap. Your new disk will appear as xvdc. Note that naming is OS-specific.

    You will need to partition the new disk, format a file system and then mount the file system to a directory. The exact steps are OS-dependent.