Technical data

DATA CENTER TECHNICAL BRIEF
Using Virtual Disks
 For performance reasons, it is recommended that you use a fixed disk. When choosing the size of the
disk, make sure to take into account the associated files for virtual disks.
 When you get to the screen prompting for the host on which to place the guest, make sure you pick the
one that has the virtual port active.
 When you are prompted for a location for the files, click Browse and select the LUN created earlier.
If you do not see it, you may need to refresh the disks or check the host to make sure the disk is
online, and formatted. Note that in this example, no mount point or drive letter is assigned to the file
location.
Using Passthrough Disks
 When you get to the location of the files, you can select one of two settings:
o Virtual Machine Path: The location of temp and configuration files
o Disks: The location of passthrough disks you want to use. These disks must be marked as offline
on the host server and must be configured as MBR disk type. GPT and dynamic will not work with a
passthrough disk. If the disk was previously configured as GPT or dynamic, you must bring the disk
online, which means that you will need to shut down the guest.
 These two disks must not be the same LUN.
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