Configuring hardware settings

Before starting your FortiAnalyzer for the first time, you must adjust the VM's virtual hardware settings to meet your network requirements.

To access VM settings, open XenCenter and select the FortiAnalyzer in the left pane. The tabs in the right pane provide access to the virtual hardware configuration, and the console tab provides access to the FortiAnalyzer console.

You must resize the disk before starting the VM for the first time.

If you know your environment will expand in the future, or if you will be using ADOMs, adding hard disks larger than 500 GB. This allows your environment to expand as required while not taking up more space than is needed. See Licensing for more information.

To set the number of CPUs:

1. In the XenCenter left pane, right-click the FortiAnalyzer and select Properties.
2. In the left pane of the Properties window, select CPU.

   

3. Adjust the value in the Number of VCPUs field, then click OK. XenCenter displays a warning if you select more CPUs than the Xen host computer contains. Such a configuration may reduce performance.

To set the memory size:

1. In the XenCenter left pane, select the FortiAnalyzer.
2. In the right pane, select the Memory tab.
3. Click Edit and modify the value in the Set a fixed memory of field. See Minimum system requirements to determine your required memory.
4. Click OK.

   

To resize the data disk:

1. In the XenCenter left pane, select the FortiAnalyzer.
2. In the right pane, select the Storage tab.
3. Select the data disk, then click Properties to open the Properties window.
4. Select Size and Location.

   

5. Adjust the Size to the required value, then click OK. See Licensing for more information.

The FortiAnalyzer-VM allows you to add twelve virtual log disks to a deployed instance. When adding additional hard disks, use the following CLI command to extend the LVM logical volume: execute lvm extend