Increase disk and zfs of nextcloud vm running on proxmox

To increase the data disk of your nextcloud vm, which is running on proxmox, you need to do the following:

1. Make sure no disk snapshot is active or delete them.
2. Shutdown VM. 
3. Check current disk size of your data disk of your nextcloud vm using lvs on your proxmox hypervisor:

root@proxmox1:~#
root@proxmox1:~# lvs
  LV            VG  Attr       LSize  Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
  data          pve twi-aotz-- <3.49t             0.78   0.28
  root          pve -wi-ao---- 96.00g
  swap          pve -wi-ao----  8.00g
  vm-100-disk-0 pve Vwi-a-tz-- 40.00g data        9.99
  vm-100-disk-1 pve Vwi-a-tz-- 40.00g data        0.06
  vm-101-disk-0 pve Vwi-a-tz-- 40.00g data        58.01
  vm-101-disk-1 pve Vwi-a-tz-- 40.00g data        1.60 <-- This is my nextcloud data disk
root@proxmox1:~#
root@proxmox1:~# 
4. In my case this disk is mounted as scsi1 to the VM: 
5. Increase the disk size using qm resize <vm-id> <scsi-id> <size>, so for example qm resize 101 scsi1 +100G your disk:

root@proxmox1:~#
root@proxmox1:~# qm resize 101 scsi1 +3210G
  Size of logical volume pve/vm-101-disk-1 changed from 40.00 GiB (10240 extents) to 3.17 TiB (832000 extents).
  Logical volume pve/vm-101-disk-1 successfully resized.
root@proxmox1:~#
root@proxmox1:~# lvs
  LV            VG  Attr       LSize  Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
  data          pve twi-aotz-- <3.49t             0.78   0.28
  root          pve -wi-ao---- 96.00g
  swap          pve -wi-ao----  8.00g
  vm-100-disk-0 pve Vwi-a-tz-- 40.00g data        9.99
  vm-100-disk-1 pve Vwi-a-tz-- 40.00g data        0.06
  vm-101-disk-0 pve Vwi-a-tz-- 40.00g data        58.01
  vm-101-disk-1 pve Vwi-a-tz--  3.17t data        0.02
root@proxmox1:~#
root@proxmox1:~#
    
6. Start your VM.
7. Check the zpool size using zpool list
8. Check the /mnt/ncdata size using df -h
9. Read the new partition size using parted -l with the answer "fix" for the adjustment
10. You can delete the buffer partition 9 using parted /dev/sdb rm 9
11. Extend the first partition using to 100% of the available size parted /dev/sdb resizepart 1 100%
12. Use zpool export zpool export ncdata 
13. Import zpool again zpool import -d /dev ncdata
14. Set zpool online zpool online -e ncdata sdb
    
15. zpool online -e ncdata /dev/sdb you can adjust the partition to the correct size
16. Check the new zpool size using zpool list
17. Check the new /mnt/ncdata size using df -h

Example with nextcloud 20 on Ubuntu 20.04:

root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~# zpool list
NAME     SIZE  ALLOC   FREE  CKPOINT  EXPANDSZ   FRAG    CAP  DEDUP    HEALTH  ALTROOT
ncdata  39.5G  46.0M  39.5G        -     3.13T     0%     0%  1.00x    ONLINE  -
root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~# df -h
Filesystem                         Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev                               3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs                              797M  1.2M  796M   1% /run
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv   39G  5.5G   32G  15% /
tmpfs                              3.9G  8.0K  3.9G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                              5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                              3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda2                          976M  198M  712M  22% /boot
/dev/loop0                          55M   55M     0 100% /snap/core18/1705
/dev/loop1                          56M   56M     0 100% /snap/core18/1932
/dev/loop2                          61M   61M     0 100% /snap/core20/634
/dev/loop3                          70M   70M     0 100% /snap/lxd/18520
/dev/loop4                          62M   62M     0 100% /snap/core20/875
/dev/loop5                          72M   72M     0 100% /snap/lxd/18546
/dev/loop6                          31M   31M     0 100% /snap/snapd/9721
/dev/loop7                          32M   32M     0 100% /snap/snapd/10492
ncdata                              39G   19M   39G   1% /mnt/ncdata
tmpfs                              797M     0  797M   0% /run/user/1000
root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~# parted -l
Model: QEMU QEMU HARDDISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 42.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
 1      1049kB  2097kB  1049kB                     bios_grub
 2      2097kB  1076MB  1074MB  ext4
 3      1076MB  42.9GB  41.9GB


Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/sdb appears to be used, you can
fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 6731857920 blocks) or continue
with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore? Fix
Model: QEMU QEMU HARDDISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 3490GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name                  Flags
 1      1049kB  42.9GB  42.9GB  zfs          zfs-4172ff7a9f945112
 9      42.9GB  42.9GB  8389kB


Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv: 41.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:

Number  Start  End     Size    File system  Flags
 1      0.00B  41.9GB  41.9GB  ext4


root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~# parted /dev/sdb rm 9
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~# parted /dev/sdb resizepart 1 100%
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~# zpool export ncdata
root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~# zpool import -d /dev ncdata
root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~# zpool online -e ncdata sdb
root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~# zpool online -e ncdata /dev/sdb
root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~# zpool list
NAME     SIZE  ALLOC   FREE  CKPOINT  EXPANDSZ   FRAG    CAP  DEDUP    HEALTH  ALTROOT
ncdata  3.17T  46.1M  3.17T        -         -     0%     0%  1.00x    ONLINE  -
root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~#
root@nextcloud:~#  df -h
Filesystem                         Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev                               3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs                              797M  1.2M  796M   1% /run
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv   39G  5.5G   32G  15% /
tmpfs                              3.9G  8.0K  3.9G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                              5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                              3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda2                          976M  198M  712M  22% /boot
/dev/loop0                          55M   55M     0 100% /snap/core18/1705
/dev/loop1                          56M   56M     0 100% /snap/core18/1932
/dev/loop2                          61M   61M     0 100% /snap/core20/634
/dev/loop3                          70M   70M     0 100% /snap/lxd/18520
/dev/loop4                          62M   62M     0 100% /snap/core20/875
/dev/loop5                          72M   72M     0 100% /snap/lxd/18546
/dev/loop6                          31M   31M     0 100% /snap/snapd/9721
/dev/loop7                          32M   32M     0 100% /snap/snapd/10492
tmpfs                              797M     0  797M   0% /run/user/1000
ncdata                             3.1T   19M  3.1T   1% /mnt/ncdata
root@nextcloud:~#

Extend ZFS zpool of Linux Ubuntu NextCloud VM

If you are running a virtual machine with NextCloud v16 on linux ubuntu and you want to extend /mnt/ncdata, then:

1. Make sure your backup is fine, think about creating a vm snapshot
2. Extend second virtual harddrive disk in VMWare virtual machine settings (e.g. from 40Gb to 170Gb)
3. Login using SSH/VMWare-Console, change to root user using sudo su or sudo -i
4. Check the zpool size using zpool list
5. Check the /mnt/ncdata size using df -h
6. Read the new partition size using parted -l with the answer "fix" for the adjustment
7. You can delete the buffer partition 9 using parted /dev/sdb rm 9
8. Extend the first partition using to 100% of the available size parted /dev/sdb resizepart 1 100%
9. Using zpool online -e ncdata /dev/sdb you can adjust the partition to the correct size
10. Check the new zpool size using zpool list
11. Check the new /mnt/ncdata size using df -h

Example with nextcloud 16 on Ubuntu 18.04:

root@nextcloud:/mnt# zpool list
NAME     SIZE  ALLOC   FREE  EXPANDSZ   FRAG    CAP  DEDUP  HEALTH  ALTROOT
ncdata  39.8G  15.2M  39.7G         -     0%     0%  1.00x  ONLINE  - 
root@nextcloud:/mnt#
root@nextcloud:/mnt#
root@nextcloud:/mnt# df -Th
Filesystem                     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
[...]
ncdata                         zfs        39G  896K   39G   1% /mnt/ncdata
[...]
root@nextcloud:/mnt#
root@nextcloud:/mnt# parted -l
[...]
Model: VMware Virtual disk (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 183GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name                  Flags
 1      1049kB  42.9GB  42.9GB  zfs          zfs-28cd7
 9      42.9GB  42.9GB  8389kB[...]
root@nextcloud:/mnt#
root@nextcloud:/mnt#
root@nextcloud:/mnt# parted /dev/sdb rm 9
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.
root@nextcloud:/mnt#
root@nextcloud:/mnt# parted /dev/sdb resizepart 1 100%
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.
root@nextcloud:/mnt#
root@nextcloud:/mnt# zpool online -e ncdata /dev/sdb
root@nextcloud:/mnt#
root@nextcloud:/mnt# zpool list
NAME     SIZE  ALLOC   FREE  EXPANDSZ   FRAG    CAP  DEDUP  HEALTH  ALTROOT
ncdata   170G  2.51M   170G         -     0%     0%  1.00x  ONLINE  -
root@nextcloud:/mnt#
root@nextcloud:/mnt# df -h
Filesystem                      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on[...]
ncdata                          165G  896K  165G   1% /mnt/ncdata[...]
root@nextcloud:/mnt#



Update 25.12.2020: If you are running Ubuntu 20/Nextcloud VM 20, then follow the instrutions here starting point 7: https://how2itsec.blogspot.com/2020/12/increase-disk-and-zfs-of-nextcloud-vm.html