Specifications

Basic System Administration
200 VMware, Inc.
To add a hard disk
1StarttheAddHardwarewizard.
2 SelectHardDisk,andclickNext.
3 Selectthetypeofstorageforthevirtualmachine’sdisk,andclickNext.
Youcanstorevirtualmachinedatainanewvirtualdisk,anexistingvirtualdisk,
oraMappedSANLUN.Avirtualdisk,whichappearsas
asingleharddisktothe
guestoperatingsystem,iscomposedofoneormorefilesonthehostfilesystem.
Virtualdiskscaneasilybecopiedormovedonthesamehostorbetweenhosts.
4IfyouselectedCreateanewvirtualdisk,dothefollowing:
aEnterthediskcapacity.
b SelectthelocationaseitherStorewiththevirtualmachineorSpecifya
datastore.
cIfyouselectedSpecifyadatastore,browseforthedatastorelocation,andclick
Next.ContinuewithStep 7.
5Ifyouselectedanexistingdisk,browseforthediskfilepathandclickNext.
6IfyouselectedMapped
SANLUN:
a SelecttheLUNthatyouwanttousefortherawdisk,andclickNext.
b SelectadatastoreandclickNext.
c Selectthecompatibility mode:physicaltoallowtheguestoperatingsystemto
accessthehardwaredirectlyorvirtualtoallowthevirtualmachinetouse
VMwaresnapshotsand
otheradvancedfunctions.ClickNext.
7Specifythevirtualdevicenode.
8Setvirtualdiskmodeoptions:
a SelectIndependenttomakethediskindependent.Independentdisksarenot
affectedbysnapshots.
bIfyouselectedIndependent,selectoneofthetwomodesforindependent
disks:
 Persistent–Thediskoperatesnormallyexceptthatchangestothedisk
arepermanentevenifthevirtualmachineisrevertedtoasnapshot.
 Nonpersistent–Thediskappearstooperatenormally,butwheneverthe
virtualmachineispoweredofforrevertedtoasnapshot,thecontentsof
thediskreturntotheiroriginalstate.Alllaterchangesarediscarded.