Increase the disk space on an N-central server VM

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. Plan for server downtime accordingly.

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) using your VM solution tool.
3. Power on the N-able N-central.
4. Contact N-able 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 run 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).
   • The script should only ever be run once on the server, as it may create additional partitions which affect future upgrades.

5. Rebuild of the N-able N-central server (mitigates partition issues).