Increase the disk space on an N-able N-central server

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Thursday, March 6, 202509:30 GMT

Description

This article outlines how to change the size of your disks for your N-able N-central server.

N-able N-central does not allow you to re-size your disks without rebuilding the server.

Environment

N-able N-central and above

Solution

  1. Shut off the N-able N-central VM
  2. Expand the Disk to any size (up to 2TB for MBR, or the limits for the VM for GPT on UEFI)
  3. Power on the N-able N-central VM
  4. Contact Support  for final steps (you may start with this step but support will not be able to assist with steps 1-3)
    • Support will be running a script to enable the usage of the new disk space.
    • This can take some time (potentially hours depending on hardware and disk space being added) and it is recommended to plan for downtime for the N-able N-central server.

    This script may cause issues with future upgrades. We recommend a rebuild of the N-central server where possible. The script should only ever be run once on the server, as it may create additional partitions which affect the upgrade.

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