Add or Extend Disks on a VM
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2024-05-14
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Adding or Extending Disks on a VM |
Adding or Extending Disks on a VM
Video demonstrations of these some of these processes are available below.
Adding a Disk to a VM
- Navigate to the Virtual Machines menu.
- Click the Action menu of the VM.
- Click Add Disk.
- Fill out the following information:
- Name: This is important for labeling disks you may want to edit later.
- Size: Desired size, expressed in GB.
- Use VM Folder: Make sure this is unchecked.
- Constraint tags: Use this to choose the disk tier, you must type this into the field.
- tier:tier1 (CASE SENSITIVE)
- Tier 1 is High Performance Storage. The limit is 2000 GB per disk. You can estimate the cost using the cost estimator.
- tier:tier2 (CASE SENSITIVE)
- Tier 2 is Mid-Tier Performance Storage. The limit is 4000 GB per disk. You can estimate the cost using the cost estimator.
- tier:tier1 (CASE SENSITIVE)
- NOTE: Other disk options are strictly optional.
Notes about Disk Additions and Modifications
- Disks can be extended but they cannot be reduced.
- Disk modifications cannot be executed with a VM snapshot present.
- Disks are in VMDK format.
Add Disk Video
Extending Existing Disks
- Navigate back to Virtual Machines and open the action menu on the VM. Select either Resize Boot Disk or Resize Disk.
- Within Resize Boot Disk increase the disk to the desired amount.
- Within Resize Disk
- Choose the Disk to be resized; this is where naming disks becomes important.
- Increase the size as needed.
- Submit the form to modify the disk.
Additional Videos
Extend Disk
Extend Boot Disk
Delete Disk
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