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SAN/iSCSI use is a different model. Please refer to the help page SAN/iSCSI Setup.
To add a new disk in a virtual environment:
1. Navigate to
Maintenance > System Maintenance.
2. Use the
Shutdown button and shut down your DME. Verify with the virtual host to make
sure the device is shutdown.
3. As a best practice, create a snapshot of the virtual machine using the virtual host tools or
some other method. This will allow you to revert if anything goes wrong.
4. Add a disk to this virtual machine using the virtual host tools or any other method you
use to manage your virtual machines.
5. When done, restart the DME virtual machine.
6. After the restart, navigate to
Maintenance > Disk Status.
As noted, a new disk will be shown in the
New Disks Found area (shown below) and a named
button will let you provision the new disk. If you added more than one disk, the button will
provision only one disk at a time and you will need to repeat the provisioning process for
each additional disk.
7. Press the Provision Disk button to begin provisioning the new disk as an extension to the
existing disk. A pop-up message will indicate approximately how long this will take. (The
provisioning time is usually minimal but may take several hours depending on the type of
disk being added.) Be aware that this will stop all streaming services from the DME
until provisioning is complete and the device reboots.
Note:
• Be aware that disk provisioning is irreversible. Once you have added a new
virtualized disk, it cannot be removed.
• Always create a VMWare "snapshot" before you begin so that you can revert to
you original configuration if anything goes wrong.
• Provisioning a disk is not the same as adding an iSCSI disk to the DME. If you are
adding an iSCSI disk see the topic on
SAN/iSCSI Setup.
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