Specifications

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You have two options for an independent disk. You can make the disk Persistent,
which means that changes are immediately and permanently written to the disk.
Or you can make the disk Nonpersistent, which means that changes to the disk
are discarded when you power off or reset the virtual machine.
7. Click OK to add the virtual disk.
Configuring a Virtual Disk from the Management Interface
To configure the virtual machine’s virtual disk, complete the following steps.
1. In the Hardware page, under Virtual Disk, click Edit. The Virtual Disk page
appears.
2. Change any of the following:
• Change the virtual device node in the Virtual IDE Node or Virtual SCSI Node
list, as appropriate.
• Decide whether you want to make this virtual disk an independent disk.
Under Disk Mode, check Independent, then check Persistent or
Nonpersistent.
3. Click OK to save your changes and close the window.