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How to Add a Virtual Hard Disk to a Virtual Machine
Updated: August 14, 2009
Applies To: Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1
You can add a virtual hard disk to an IDE device or a SCSI adapter with the following procedure. By default, any hardware profile includes a built-in IDE drive. You can add and configure up to four virtual SCSI adapters to a virtual machine.
Use this procedure when modifying a hardware profile or configuring hardware profile settings from the New Template Wizard or the New Virtual Machine Wizard.
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| In VMM 2008 R2, if a virtual machine is deployed on a host that is using the Hyper-V implementation of the SCSI controller, you can add or remove a virtual hard disk or pass-through disk from the SCSI controller while the virtual machine is running. On all other storage configurations, you must stop the virtual machine before adding or removing a disk. |
To add a virtual hard disk
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To add a virtual hard disk, take one of the following actions:
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To add a virtual hard disk to an IDE bus, in the left pane, under Bus Configuration, click IDE Devices, and then click VHD on the top toolbar.
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To add a virtual hard disk to a SCSI bus, click SCSI Adapter on the top toolbar and then click VHD on the toolbar.
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To add a virtual hard disk to an IDE bus, in the left pane, under Bus Configuration, click IDE Devices, and then click VHD on the top toolbar.
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Under Channel, select a channel to attach to this virtual hard disk.
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Under Virtual Hard Disk, select one of the following options:
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Use an existing virtual hard disk. Select this option if you want to add an existing virtual hard disk to the virtual machine. Click Browse to display the Select a virtual hard disk dialog box, and then select the virtual hard disk that you want to use from the list that displays on this screen.
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Create a new virtual hard disk (available on the hardware profile for a virtual machine). Select this option if you want to create a new virtual hard disk. Modify the values for the following options:
- Type. Select Dynamic (default) or Fixed.
- Size. Specify, in gigabytes (GB), the size of a fixed virtual hard disk or the maximum size of a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk.
- Destination file name. Specify the name of a new virtual hard disk.
- Type. Select Dynamic (default) or Fixed.
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Use an existing virtual hard disk. Select this option if you want to add an existing virtual hard disk to the virtual machine. Click Browse to display the Select a virtual hard disk dialog box, and then select the virtual hard disk that you want to use from the list that displays on this screen.
