Adding a new disk to a Windows vm

A knowledge base article about Adding a new disk to a Windows vm provided by the UC Berkeley IT Service Hub - Knowledge Portal

Use the following quick guide to add a new disk to your Windows vm

 

Send a request to cloud-ticket@berkeley.edu.  Include the name of the virtual private server as it appears in vSphere along with the size and storage tier of the disk to be added.

Log into your server and launch Disk Management as an administrator once a Cloud team member adds the disk.   Run a rescan if you don’t see your new disk automatically.

 

Right click the disk you want to add and select Online

 

Right click the disk again and select “Initialize Disk”

 

Select a partition style option and click Ok

 

Right click the unallocated volume and select “New Simple Volume”.  This will launch the new disk wizard.

 

Click Next

 

Click Next

 

Select the drive letter assignment and click Next

 

Select your format options and click Next



 

Click Finish