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9ClickNext.
10 Reviewtheinformation,andclickFinish.
To add a SCSI device
1StarttheAddHardwarewizard.
2 SelectSCSIDevice,andclickNext.
3UnderConnection,usethe drop‐downmenutochoosethephysicaldeviceyou
wanttouse.
4Toconnectthisvirtualmachinetotheserver’sSCSIdevicewhenthevirtual
machineis
poweredon,selectConnectatpoweron.
5UnderVirtualdevicenode,selectthevirtualdevicenodewhereyouwantthis
devicetoappearinthevirtualmachine.
Youcanalsoselectthecheckboxtoindicatethatthevirtualdeviceissetupinthe
samewayasthephysicalunit.
6ReviewtheinformationintheReadytoCompletewindow,andclickFinish.
Legacy Virtual Machines
VirtualmachinescreatedonanESXServer2.xhostcanrunonanESXServer3.xhost
inlegacymode.Thesevirtualmachinesuseanoldervirtualhardwareversionthanthat
supportedbyESXServer3.xandarereferredtoas“legacyvirtualmachines.”Alegacy
virtualmachineisproducedby
anyofthefollowingoperations:
 YoucreateavirtualmachineonanESXServer2.xhost,andthenmigrateittoan
ESXServer3.xhost.
 YoucreateanewvirtualmachineonanESXServer3.xhostusinganexisting
virtualdiskthatwascreatedonanESXServer2.xhost.
 YouaddavirtualdiskcreatedonanESXServer2.xhosttoanexistingnon‐legacy
virtualmachine.
LegacyvirtualmachinescontinuetorunonESXServer3.xhosts,buthavereduced
performanceandcapabilities.Inparticular,youcannotaddorremovevirtualdevices
onlegacyvirtualmachines.Tomake
fulluseofthesevirtualmachines,upgradethe
virtualhardwareasdescribedintheUpgradeGuide.
NOTEVirtualmachinescreatedonESXServer1.xhosts,orusingotherVMware
productssuchasVMwareWorkstation,mustbeconvertedtorunonESXServer3.x
hosts.SeetheVirtualMachineMobilityPlanningGuideformoreinformation.