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Configuring hardware settings

Configuring hardware settings

Before powering on your FortiAnalyzer-VM, you must configure the virtual memory, virtual CPU, and virtual disk.

In FortiAnalyzer 5.6 and later, the network interface mapping has changed. See the FortiAnalyzer Upgrade Guide for more information.
To configure hardware settings:
  1. In the vSphere Client, select the VM from the tree menu in the left pane.
  2. In the VM Hardware pane, click Edit Settings....

    The Edit Settings dialog displays.

  3. In the CPU field, adjust the number of CPU cores as required.
  4. In the Memory field, adjust the memory size as required. See Minimum system requirements to determine your required memory.
  5. In the Hard disk 2 field (the log disk), adjust the size required. You should not edit Hard disk 1.

    The FortiAnalyzer-VM requires at least two virtual hard disks. Before powering on the FortiAnalyzer-VM, you must add at least one more virtual hard disk (ideally above 500 GB).

    The VM should therefore be configured with the following disks:

    • The default hard drive that contains the OS and should not be modified.
    • One or more additional disks, for example Disk1 and Disk2, used by LVM for logs, reports, swap, and other storage requirements.

    The default virtual hard disk storage size should not be modified to increase capacity, only increasing Disk1 or adding extra disks will extend LVM disk on the FortiAnalyzer-VM.

    The FortiAnalyzer-VM allows you to add twelve virtual log disks to a deployed instance. When adding additional hard disks, use the following CLI command to extend the LVM logical volume:

    execute lvm extend

  6. Click OK to apply your changes.
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Configuring hardware settings

Before powering on your FortiAnalyzer-VM, you must configure the virtual memory, virtual CPU, and virtual disk.

In FortiAnalyzer 5.6 and later, the network interface mapping has changed. See the FortiAnalyzer Upgrade Guide for more information.
To configure hardware settings:
  1. In the vSphere Client, select the VM from the tree menu in the left pane.
  2. In the VM Hardware pane, click Edit Settings....

    The Edit Settings dialog displays.

  3. In the CPU field, adjust the number of CPU cores as required.
  4. In the Memory field, adjust the memory size as required. See Minimum system requirements to determine your required memory.
  5. In the Hard disk 2 field (the log disk), adjust the size required. You should not edit Hard disk 1.

    The FortiAnalyzer-VM requires at least two virtual hard disks. Before powering on the FortiAnalyzer-VM, you must add at least one more virtual hard disk (ideally above 500 GB).

    The VM should therefore be configured with the following disks:

    • The default hard drive that contains the OS and should not be modified.
    • One or more additional disks, for example Disk1 and Disk2, used by LVM for logs, reports, swap, and other storage requirements.

    The default virtual hard disk storage size should not be modified to increase capacity, only increasing Disk1 or adding extra disks will extend LVM disk on the FortiAnalyzer-VM.

    The FortiAnalyzer-VM allows you to add twelve virtual log disks to a deployed instance. When adding additional hard disks, use the following CLI command to extend the LVM logical volume:

    execute lvm extend

  6. Click OK to apply your changes.
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