Adding new datastore to bosh director - expand persistent disk size for vms in bosh deployments

Products

• VMware Tanzu Application Service
• VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition

Issue/Introduction

This article explains the step that needs to be carried out to adding a new datastore to bosh director and expand persistent disk size for vms in bosh deployments

Environment

Development / UAT / Production

Cause

if the underlying datastore run out of space we won't be able to expand the persistent disk size of the vms in the bosh deployment and hence new datastore need to be added in the bosh director - vcenter config tile 

Resolution

Kindly follow the below steps

• Add / Create a new datastore with the required [higher] capacity in the respective VCenter.
• Add the new datastore in the VCenter config of the bosh tile.
• As per your requirement update the persistent disk size for VMs in the resource config of respective bosh deployment tiles
• perform the apply change only to respective bosh deployment tile.