LiveWire Virtual Disk Configuration
By default LiveWire Virtual is configured with a single OS disk (Hard disk 1), and a single capture storage disk (Hard disk 2). Both of these hard disks can be extended to increase the amount of log storage and capture storage. Capture storage can also be increased by adding additional hard disk devices to LiveWire Virtual.
NOTE: LiveWire VIrtual image must be shutdown to expand the existing disk
Expanding OS storage:
1. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveWire Virtual machine and select Settings…
2. Under IDE Controller 0, select Hard Drive disk1.vhdx.
3. Click to start the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard.
4. On the Locate Virtual Hard Disk page, click .
5. Select Expand to expand the capacity of the OS disk, click .
6. On the Expand Virtual Disk page, enter the new virtual hard disk size. The size is specified in gigabytes with a maximum size of 64TB for any virtual hard disk.
7. Click .
8. On the Completing the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard page, click .
9. Click .
10. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveWire Virtual machine and select Connect…
11. In the Virtual Machine Connection window, select Action > Start. On reboot, LiveWire Virtual automatically resizes the OS partition to the new size.
Expanding capture storage disk(s):
1. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveWire Virtual machine and select Settings…
2. Under IDE Controller 0, select Hard Drive disk2.vhdx.
3. Click to start the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard.
4. On the Locate Virtual Hard Disk page, click .
5. Select Expand to expand the capacity of the capture storage disk, click .
6. On the Expand Virtual Disk page, enter the new virtual hard disk size. The size is specified in gigabytes with a maximum size of 64TB for any virtual hard disk.
7. Click .
8. On the Completing the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard page, click .
9. Click .
10. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveWire Virtual machine and select Connect…
11. In the Virtual Machine Connection window, select Action > Start. On reboot, LiveWire Virtual automatically resizes the capture partition to the new size.
Adding capture storage disk(s):
1. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveWire Virtual machine and select Settings…
2. Click . On the right pane, under SCSI Controller, click .
3. Click .
4. On the right pane, under Hard Drive, click .
5. On the Before You Begin page, click .
6. On the Choose Disk Format page, choose VHDX and click .
7. On the Specify Name and Location page, type the name of the new virtual hard disk. If required, type the location of the virtual hard disk. Click .
8. On the Configure Disk page, type disk size and click .
9. On the Completing the New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard page, click .
10. Click .
11. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the LiveWire Virtual machine and select Connect…
12. In the Virtual Machine Connection window, select Action > Start. On reboot, LiveWire Virtual automatically resizes the capture partition to the new size.