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soxom_zen
Altostratus
AltostratusBIG IQ backup failures
Hello All
We have automatic f5 backup (BIG IP) failure issues in our BIG IQ. When i checked i can see shared is full. anyone has any data to resize the drives.
BR
Zen
Hello Zen,
I usually following these steps to increase size of my VM BIG IQ
Login to the BIGIQ CLI .
1. To check the current size of the directories run the below command .
—> tmsh show sys disk directory
2. To check how much disk space is available on the BIG-IQ VE system run the below command .
—> pvs
3. To resize the /shared size run the below command .
—> tmsh modify sys disk directory /shared new-size <size in kilobytes>
NOTE:- the size should be mentioned in KB and not in GB
4. Once completed we need to reboot the system , run the below command .
—> reboot
Once if the device gets rebooted please run the below command to check if the size is increased .
—> df -hBr
Aswin
- Aswin_mk
Cumulonimbus
Also, u can use this link - Resizing Disk Space on BIG-IQ Virtual Edition
- Aswin_mk
Hello Zen,
Please take VM/big iq backup and take QKVIEW files
Br
Aswin 
soxom_zenThanks. Do you follow any steps before the activity for eliminating the risk?
Regards
Zen
- Aswin_mk
Hello Zen,
I usually following these steps to increase size of my VM BIG IQ
Login to the BIGIQ CLI .
1. To check the current size of the directories run the below command .
—> tmsh show sys disk directory
2. To check how much disk space is available on the BIG-IQ VE system run the below command .
—> pvs
3. To resize the /shared size run the below command .
—> tmsh modify sys disk directory /shared new-size <size in kilobytes>
NOTE:- the size should be mentioned in KB and not in GB
4. Once completed we need to reboot the system , run the below command .
—> reboot
Once if the device gets rebooted please run the below command to check if the size is increased .
—> df -hBr
Aswin