Specifications

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VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide
Adding a New Virtual Disk from the Management Interface
To add a new virtual disk to a virtual machine, make sure the virtual machine is
powered off, then complete the following steps.
1. On the Hardware page, click Add Device. The Add Device Wizard starts.
2. Click Hard Disk. The virtual disk type page appears.
3. To create a new virtual disk, decide whether you want the disk to be IDE or SCSI.
The wizard suggests the recommended type. Then under IDE type or SCSI type,
click Blank. The Virtual Disk Configuration page appears.
4. In the Disk File field, enter the location and name of the virtual disk. Make sure
the virtual disk has a .vmdk extension.
5. In the Capacity field, specify the size of the virtual disk in megabytes (MB). By
default, GSX Server preallocates the space for the virtual disk when you create it.
The virtual disk can be as small as 0.1GB (100MB). A SCSI virtual disk can be as
large as 256GB; an IDE virtual disk can be as large as 128GB. The default is 4GB.