http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/desktop/workstation?view=discussions Most recent forum messages en Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:16:49 GMT Clearspace 1.10.12 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2008-01-15T19:16:49Z en http://communities.vmware.com/message/840470?tstart=0#840470 this thread has been moved to the VMware Workstation forum as requested by the OP<br /> <br /> Oliver Reeh<br /> VMware Communities User Moderator Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:16:49 GMT oreeh http://communities.vmware.com/message/840470?tstart=0#840470 2008-01-15T19:16:49Z 1 year, 10 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/message/840411?tstart=0#840411 <div class="jive-quote">Is there something additional I need to do AFTER I add the vdisks to the vm to make the ghost operating system (Windows XP) recognize them?</div> You have to start disk management (in the VM), create partition(s) and format them. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:26:26 GMT oreeh http://communities.vmware.com/message/840411?tstart=0#840411 2008-01-15T18:26:26Z 1 year, 10 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/message/840419?tstart=0#840419 <br /> I am looking for help / hints, the VMWare Workstation.<br /> <p /> I have been working with the VMWare Workstation for at least 2 years now - first with version 5 and now with version 6. <br /> Although I have been using it quite intensively, none of that was very complicated. In particular I did not have to create additional virtual disks for my machines, once the guest operating system was <br /> loaded through Symantec ghost.<br /> <p /> I am now working on a virtualization project, involving several VMWare Workstations, with shared virtual disks. The host operating systems are Windows XP Pro and Vista Business.<br /> I hit a surprise roadblock today and lost a lot of time trying to remove it. I can't add virtual disks to my templates.<br /> <p /> I have read very carefully all the documentation and spent a few hours browsing forums - with no success. It seems that I am doing everything by-the-book, and yet the result is not what I expected<br /> <p /> I am trying to create additional virtual disks via the Edit Settings GUI. I also tried creating disks using the vmware-vdiskmanager.exe, and then adding them to the template.<br /> Everything goes well, but when I power the VM up, the additional drives are not there.<br /> <p /> Vmware-vdiskmanager.exe utility, can be used to create, reorganize and resize the virtual disks. <br /> Although all the documentation refers to VMWare server, the utility is also provided with the Workstation.<br /> <p /> I use it by the book and it all gives the expected results (outside of the running VM), but when I power the machine again<br /> there is absolutely no trace of what has been done in the power-off state.<br /> <p /> Clearly I must be doing something wrong, and this something has to be very basic. I found some postings about problems<br /> on Vista, but whatever I am trying to do does behave same way in XP Pro too. Is there something additional I need to do<br /> AFTER I add the vdisks to the vm to make the ghost operating system (Windows XP) recognize them?<br /> <p /> If anyone of you has experience in this area, or could point me in the direction of a probable solution, I will be very grateful.<br /> Thanks in advance for your any help provided,<br /> <p /> Andrew<br /> <p /> <br /> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:18:47 GMT Ananda Orchard http://communities.vmware.com/message/840419?tstart=0#840419 2008-01-15T18:18:47Z 1 year, 10 months ago 2