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QoreStor 7.5.2 - Deployment Guide

Initial login and changing your password

After the QoreStor VM deployment is complete, you will be prompted to log in. When logging in for the first time with the default credentials, you are required to change the password.

  1. Log on to the QoreStor virtual machine (VM) console using the default credentials:

    username: qsuser

    password: changeme

  2. You will be prompted to enter the current password. Enter changeme.
  3. You will be prompted to enter your new password, and then to confirm it.

Storage resizing

IMPORTANT: Before beginning a storage resize operation, ensure all backup, replication, and cleaner operations are stopped. For Object Direct installations, the metadata storage is appropriately provisioned. The following steps do not apply to Object Direct VM deployments.

The QoreStor VM supports the ability to incorporate additional storage capacity. Adding storage capacity has the following requirements:

  • Storage must be added through the virtualization platform before performing any operations on the QoreStor VM.
  • Newly added storage must be discovered by QoreStor.
  • If your QoreStor license does not currently allow for the newly added storage, the QoreStor licensing must be updated to reflect the additional capacity.

To add storage to QoreStor:

  1. Refer to the documentation for your virtualization platform version for instructions on resizing hard disks.
  2. For Tier 1 VMs, locate the data disk and expand it to the desired size. Refer to QoreStor VM Specifications for maximum supported storage size.

    OR

    For Tier 2 VMs, locate each of the three data disks and expand each disk equally. Refer to QoreStor VM Specifications for maximum supported storage size.

    OR

    For Tier 3 VMs, locate each of the six data disks and expand each disk equally. Refer to QoreStor VM Specifications for maximum supported storage size.

    IMPORTANT: When the QoreStor VM discovers the newly added free space, the discovered amount will be equal to the smallest available amount. For proper operation, each data disk must be expanded to the same size.

  3. After resizing the data disks, power on the QoreStor VM and access the QoreStor Administration menu.
  4. Select Storage resize. The newly added space will be detected. Select OK to allocate the storage.

    NOTE: QoreStor services will be restarted.

  5. You will be prompted when the system has fully restarted. Select Done.
  6. If the newly configured storage space exceeds your licensed capacity, add a new QoreStor license. Refer to the QoreStor User Guide for more information.

Additional configurations

After performing the initial QoreStor configurations, Quest recommends the performing the additional actions below:

  • Update Open VM Tools [VMware deployments only] - Open VM Tools is an open-source implementation of VMware Tools pre-installed on the QoreStor VM. Open VM Tools provides a suite of utilities that improves the functionality and administration of VMware virtual machines. For more information on Open VM Tools, refer to the VMware documentation.
To update the Open VM Tools, as a qsuser run the following from QoreStor Linux shell:

      # sudo dnf update open-vm-tools

Maintaining your virtual machine

The QoreStor VMware virtual machine runs Rocky Linux 9. It is recommended to keep it up to date with the latest security patches and improvements. Refer to the operating system vendor documentation for the updates.

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