LI82459: FOR UBUNTU 18 BASE DEVELOPER PORTAL AFTER ADD A NEW DISK AND REBOOT IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY ADDED TO THE ROOT PARTITION

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• For Ubuntu 18 base Developer Portal after add a new disk and
  reboot it does not automatically added to the root partition.
  
  syslog shows the following error:
  DATE HH:MM:SS hostname apim_dcluster[1546]: Extending / by XXG
  onto /dev/sdb
  DATE HH:MM:SS hostname apim_dcluster[1546]: File descriptor 63
  (pipe:[24068]) leaked on pvcreate invocation. Parent PID 1546:
  /bin/bash
  DATE HH:MM:SS hostname apim_dcluster[1546]:   Can't initialize
  physical volume "/dev/sdb" of volume group "ubuntu-vg" without
  -ff
  DATE HH:MM:SS hostname apim_dcluster[1546]:   /dev/sdb: physical
  volume not initialized.
  

Local fix

• Enter the following command:
  sudo lvextend /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv -l +100%FREE
  sudo resize2fs /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
  

Problem summary

• <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">After deploy
  IBM API Connect Developer Portal to 5.0.8.12iFix4, user added a
  new disk but still received the message "WARNING: The virtual
  disk size has not been increased from the default of 30GB. This
  is only sufficient for PoC and testing purposes. Please refer to
  the Knowledge Center for instructions on increasing the virtual
  disk size."
  
  User has added a disk to the VM but it did not get added into
  the root file system automatically.</span>
  

Problem conclusion

• <span style="font-size:12px">This issue is fixed in IBM API
  Connect <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255,
  255)">Developer </span>Portal v5.0.8.13. As a workaround user
  can enter <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255,
  255);color:rgb(22, 22, 22);font-family:ibm plex sans,helvetica
  neue,arial,sans-serif">the following commands to extend the root
  file system onto the new disk.</span></span>
  
  <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">sudo lvextend
  /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv -l +100%FREE</span>
  <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">sudo resize2fs
  /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv</span>
  
  Further information on increasing the virtual disk size can be
  found in the IBM Knowledge Center.
  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/api-connect/5.0.x?topic=file-increas
  ing-your-virtual-disk-size
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  API CONNECT ENT

• Fixed component ID

  5725Z2201

Applicable component levels