Installation guide

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines
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If the virtual disk is a physical disk on a LUN, the following window appears
instead.
2. Do one of the following:
• For an existing virtual disk that is not a physical disk on a LUN, you can change
its disk mode. Under Disk Mode, click Persistent, Nonpersistent, Undoable or
Append.
• To select a different virtual disk, do the following.
a. Choose the location of the virtual disk you want to use. In the VMFS Volume
list, choose the volume on which the virtual disk is located.
b. In the VMware Disk Image list, select the virtual disk you want. The size of the
virtual disk appears in the Capacity field.
c. Choose the disk mode. Under Disk Mode, click Persistent, Nonpersistent,
Undoable or Append.
• To create a new virtual disk for a virtual machine that does not have a physical
disk on a LUN, do the following.
a. Choose the location for the new virtual disk. In the VMFS Volume list, choose
the volume on which to locate the virtual disk. The amount of free space is
listed next to the volume name, so you know how large you can make the
virtual disk.
b. Give the virtual disk a name. In the VMware Disk Image list, select Other, then
specify the disk name, making sure the file has a .dsk extension. Click OK to
continue creating the disk.
c. Specify the size of the virtual disk. In the Capacity field, specify the size of the
virtual disk in MB.