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Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on AWS

Table of Contents

After you Install Panorama on AWS (/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-1/panorama-admin/set-up-panorama/set-up-

the-panorama-virtual-appliance/install-the-panorama-virtual-appliance/install-panorama-in-aws.html#id17AUAD00E8Y) or
Install Panorama on AWS GovCloud (/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-1/panorama-admin/set-up-panorama/set-up-
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govcloud.html#id86912008-e1ce-49aa-9dc8-e925a77001a9), add virtual logging disks to the Panorama™ virtual appliance
instance to provide storage for logs generated by managed firewalls. You can add virtual disks to a local log Collector for a
Panorama virtual appliance in Panorama mode or for a Dedicated Log Collector. To add virtual disks, you must have access to
the Amazon Web Service Console, the Panorama command-line interface (CLI), and the Panorama web interface.

The Panorama virtual appliance on AWS supports only 2TB logging disks and, in total, supports up to 24TB of log storage.
You cannot add a logging disk smaller than 2TB or a logging disk of a size that is not evenly divisible by 2TB because the
Panorama virtual appliance partitions logging disks in to 2TB partitions. For example, if you attach a 4TB logging disk,
Panorama will create two 2TB partitions. However, you cannot add a 5TB logging disk because the leftover 1TB is not
supported as a partition.

STEP 1 -
Log in to AWS Web Service console and select the EC2 Dashboard.

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AWS GovCloud Web Service Console (https://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/)

STEP 2 -
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 In all modes, the first logging disk on the Panorama VM must be at least 2TB in order to add
additional disks. If the first logging disk is smaller than 2TB, you will be unable to add addi-
tional disk space.

A On the EC2 Dashboard, select Volumes and Create Volume:

Select your preferred Volume Type. For general purpose use, select General Purpose SSD (GP2).

Configure the Size of the volume as 2048 GiB.

Select the same Availability Zone that your Panorama virtual appliance instance is located in.

( Optional ) Encrypt the volume.

( Optional ) Add tags to your volume.

B Click Create Volume.

C In the Volumes page, select the volume you, select Actions > Attach Volume.

D Attach the Panorama virtual appliance Instance.

1. Select your Panorama Instance.

2. Specify the Device name for the logging disk volume you created.

STEP 3 -
Configure each disk.

The following example uses the sdc virtual disk.

A Log in to the Panorama CLI (https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/10-1/panorama-admin/set-up-

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 B Enter the following command to view the disks on the Panorama virtual appliance:

show system disk details

The user will see the following response:

Name : nvme1n1
State : Present
Size : 2048000 MB
Status : Available
Reason : Admin enabled
Name : nvme2n1
State : Present
Size : 2048000 MB
Status : Available
Reason : Admin disabled

C Enter the following command and confirm the request when prompted for all disks with the Reason : Admin
disabled response:

request system disk add nvme2n1

The request system disk add command is not available on a Panorama management

server in Management Only mode because logging is not supported in this mode. If you

do not see the command, Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode
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the-panorama-virtual-appliance/set-up-the-panorama-virtual-appliance-in-panorama-
mode.html#id1846A0G0Y3C) to enable the logging disks. Once in Panorama mode, Log

in to the Panorama CLI (https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/10-1/panorama-

admin/set-up-panorama/access-and-navigate-panorama-management-interfaces/log-

in-to-the-panorama-cli) and continue to Step 4 to verify the disk addition.

D Enter the show system disk details command to verify the status of the disk addition. Continue to the
next step when all newly added disk responses display Reason : Admin enabled.

STEP 4 -
Make disks available for logging.

A Log in to the Panorama web interface.

B Edit a Log Collector (Panorama > Managed Collectors).

C Select Disks and Add each newly added disk.

D Click OK.

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to complete before continuing.

F Select Commit > Push to Devices and push the changes to the Collector Group the Log Collector belongs to.

STEP 5 -
( New Panorama deployments in Panorama mode only ) Configure Panorama to receive logs.

If you are adding logging disks to an existing Panorama virtual appliance, skip to step 6.

A Configure a Collector Group (/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-1/panorama-admin/manage-log-

collection/manage-collector-groups/configure-a-collector-group.html#ide673d91e-8a6f-439a-a269-
6536c092b28e).

B Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama (/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-1/panorama-

admin/manage-log-collection/configure-log-forwarding-to-panorama.html#id80fca380-dbad-4432-8aec-

d0f3265ba358).

STEP 6 -
Verify that the Panorama Log Storage capacity is increased.

A Log in to the Panorama web interface.

B Select the Collector Group to which the Panorama virtual appliance belongs (Panorama > Collector
Groups).

C Verify that the Log Storage capacity accurately displays the disk capacity.

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