Use the following settings when adding a hard disk to a virtual machine for storage devices:
- When creating a new virtual disk:
- Disk capacity (can be changed later)
- Location: on the same datastore as the virtual machine files, or specify a datastore
- When adding an existing virtual disk: browse for the disk file path.
- When adding a mapped SAN LUN:
- Datastore: Virtual Machine
- Compatibility mode: physical
- Store LUN mapping file on the same datastore as the virtual machine files
- Virtual device node: Select a node that is local to the virtual machine.
- Virtual disk mode options: Independent mode (persistent or nonpersistent)