Provision storage volumes

Before I hand storage requests to procurement, make approval trivial: surface the required capacity, IOPS target, whether encryption and snapshots are mandatory, expected growth rate, and note any compatibility issues with the analytics VM images. Flag any requirement that would force a migration later.

I added the new 1 TB volume to db-prim and formatted it, but mounting fails with unknown filesystem and the DB complains. I’m worried the host used a different block device name or there’s an encryption mismatch. Tell me the fastest checks to run now to identify device name, filesystem UUID, and whether LUKS or key management is the cause, plus the safest next step to restore DB access.

Each migration I mis-size volumes, forget snapshot policies, or set wrong fstab options and then scramble to fix production. It costs time and I lose credibility with app owners. What repeatable checklist, naming convention, and small automation would stop these recurring storage errors so provisioning becomes routine and reliable?