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Changing the Bus Type of the Virtual Hard Disk
Caution In the following situations, after you select a bus type for a virtual hard disk, do not
change the bus type.
n On a system boot disk with the operating system installed
Some operating systems are incapable of changing the storage controller of the boot device.
n A virtual machine created using Easy Install
When you select Customize Settings at the end of an Easy Install configuration and change
the hard disk to a non-default bus type, the operating system might fail.
Create a Virtual Hard Disk
You might require more disk space in a virtual machine. For example, if you want to install a
large application or work with a large number of files. You can increase the size of the virtual disk
already associated with your virtual machine, or you can add a new virtual disk. You can create a
virtual hard disk to add to a virtual machine.
Prerequisites
Shut down or power off the virtual machine. You cannot change the setting while the virtual
machine is powered on or suspended.
Procedure
1 Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.
2 Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.
3 Click Add Device.
4 Click New Hard Disk.
5 Click Add.
A new hard disk appears. The new hard disk is selected and a default filename appears in the
File name pop-up menu.
6 (Optional) Change the filename for the new virtual hard disk.
a Select the filename in the pop-up menu and select Save As.
b Type the filename for the hard disk in the Save as field and click Save.
Fusion creates the virtual disk file with this name and stores it in the App bundle directory.
7 Use the Disk size slider to set the maximum size for the hard disk.
The maximum size for any hard disk is 8 TB.
Using VMware Fusion
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