Expanding database size for AWS

Depending on the volume of NetFlow data that will be forwarded to the Plixer Scrutinizer virtual appliance, it may be necessary to allocate additional storage space for its database.

To add storage to the Plixer Scrutinizer AMI, follow these steps:

1. Get the correct availability zone for the instance by checking the Availability Zone column of the instance page.

2. Navigate to the Volumes page and click Create Volume.

3. On the Create Volume page, create the new volume with the desired size and in the correct availability zone.

4. After the new volume has been created, right-click on it and select Attach Volume.

5. Start typing in the instance name, select it from the dropdown, and click Attach.

6. Once the new volume has been attached, follow the steps to configure it for use by the Plixer Scrutinizer virtual appliance under the ESXi subsection of the deployment guides.

When done, verify that the new hard drive has been successfull added by entering show diskspace at the SCRUTINIZER> prompt and confirming the new size of the database.

Hint

When adding more than one new drive to a single AWS instance, the set partitions command will need to be run for each additional drive.