Add Disks to vCenter Virtual Servers

Adding a disk to a virtual server will require the VS to be rebooted. If a VS is running when you try to add a new disk to it, you’ll be asked to confirm the reboot.

To add a disk to a virtual server:

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Virtual Servers menu.

2. Click a VS’s label to open its details screen.

3. Click the Storage tab > Disks.

4. Click the Create Disk button.

5. Fill in the details:

   • Data store - select the data store to create a disk on from the drop-down list

   • Disk size

   • Swap Space - move the slider to the right if this disk is swap space

   • Require Format Disk - move slider to the right if this disk requires formatting

     For Linux-based vCenter VSs, if the Require Format Disk option is enabled, you’ll get a notification that VM will be rebooted. If the option is disabled, the disk will not be formatted, but will also not be visible without the VS rescan or reboot.

   • Mounted - move the slider to the right if the disk should be added to Linux FSTAB (for Linux application servers).

   • Mount point - the maximum length of a Mount Point is 256 characters. Spaces are not allowed. No more than one slash is allowed. If the mount point is not specified the default mount point will be used:

     1	/mnt/onapp-disk-#{disk.identifier}

   • Reboot Virtual Server - move the slider to the right to reboot the VS after adding disk (applies only to Linux-based vCenter VSs)

6. Click the Add Disk button to finish.