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  2. Cohesity Cloud Scale Technology Manual Deployment Guide for Kubernetes Clusters
  3. Appendix B. MSDP Scaleout
  4. Managing MSDP Scaleout
  5. Adding data volumes
Cohesity Cloud Scale Technology Manual Deployment Guide for Kubernetes Clusters

Adding data volumes

You can add the data volumes by updating the Cloud Scale helm release.

To add the data volumes by updating the Cloud Scale helm release

  1. Run the following command to obtain the Cloud Scale release name:

    Helm ls -n <namespace>

  2. Navigate to the helm directory within the extracted tar location.
  3. Run the following command to add new data volume:

    helm upgrade <cloudscale release name> cloudscale-<version>.tgz -n netbackup --reuse-values

    --set environment.msdpScaleouts.storage.dataVolumes[0].capacity=<existing volume capacity>

    --set environment.msdpScaleouts.storage.dataVolumes[0].storageClassName=<<existing volume storage class>

    --set environment.msdpScaleouts.storage.dataVolumes[1].capacity=<capacity for new volume>

    --set environment.msdpScaleouts.storage.dataVolumes[1].storageClassName=<storage class for new volume>

Each MSDP engine can support up to 16 data volumes.

It is recommended that you use the same data volume size if you add multiple volumes.

Note:

Due to some Kubernetes restrictions, MSDP operator restarts the engine pods for attaching the existing and new volumes, which can cause the short downtime of the services.

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