Configuring hardware settings
Before powering on your FortiManager-VM, you must configure the virtual memory, virtual CPU, and virtual disk.
To configure hardware settings:
- In the vSphere Client, select the VM from the tree menu in the left pane.
- In the VM Hardware pane, click Edit Settings....
The Edit Settings dialog displays.
- In the CPU field, adjust the number of CPU cores as required.
- In the Memory field, adjust the memory size as required.
See Minimum system requirements to determine your required memory. - In the Hard disk 2 field (the log disk), adjust the size required. You should not edit Hard disk 1.
The FortiManager-VM requires at least two virtual hard disks. Before powering on the FortiManager-VM, you must add at least one more virtual hard disk (ideally above 500 GB).
The VM should therefore be configured with the following disks:
The default hard drive that contains the OS and should not be modified. In this example, the default hard drive is referred to as Disk1.
One or more additional disks, for example Disk2 and Disk3, used by LVM for logs, reports, swap, and other storage requirements.
The default virtual hard disk storage size (Disk1) should not be modified to increase capacity. Only increasing Disk2, Disk 3, or adding extra disks will extend LVM disk on the FortiManager-VM.
The FortiManager-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
For more information, see the FortiManager CLI Reference.
- Click OK to apply your changes.