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  • 1.  newbie question: problem adding hard drive to existing VM

    Posted Jun 07, 2012 03:15 PM

    I'm running esxi, 5.0.  i created a 1TB LUN in my san using unisphere.  i see the datastore in vsphere.  i tried adding it as another drive to my windows 2003 server.  it would be G drive.  but it never shows up in "disk Management".  i've done this before on my 2008 servers.  not sure why its not showing in 2003.

    thanks



  • 2.  RE: newbie question: problem adding hard drive to existing VM
    Best Answer

    Posted Jun 07, 2012 03:16 PM

    Hello and welcome to the communities.

    Did you add it as a virtual disk or a RDM?

    Does the VM's properties reflect the disk being there?

    Did you rescan the storage in Windows, after adding it?



  • 3.  RE: newbie question: problem adding hard drive to existing VM

    Posted Jun 07, 2012 04:29 PM

    vmroyale probably nailed this already but...

    Did you install the Microsoft iSCSI connector and configure it properly in Windows?



  • 4.  RE: newbie question: problem adding hard drive to existing VM

    Posted Jun 07, 2012 05:14 PM

    not sure why it didnt work at first but blew it away and tried again and now its working.  thanks for the help.