How to create virtual SSD and SCSI Hard Drives in VMware workstation?

[MikeHill12]

Hi All,

I am trying to do some storage practicals for Windows Server 2012 R2 on VMware Workstation.

I would like to add new virtual HD as an SSD and normal SCSI HDDs as well

Is this possible?

I added some SCSI virtual HDD but even they dont detect as SCSI after I finish loading windows server 2012 R2

Server Manager>File and Storage Services> Volumes > Storage Pools > (under) Physical disks > Media type is "Unknown"

See below screenshot

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The default virtual controller for Windows 2012 is the "LSI Logic SAS" controller. If you want to run tests with another model, you can select one while creating a new custom VM. In order to simulate an SSD add scsiX:Y.virtualSSD = 1 for the appropriate SCSI ID (X:Y) to the configuration (.vmx) file.

André

[MikeHill12]

Hi André,

Thanks for your suggestion.

I tried out what you said and it works!

I can now see 2 of the disks that I have put in as SSDs as SSDs.

However, I would also like the other 2 to detect as SCSI.

Unfortunatly they are still showing as "Unknown".

Can you pls help me with this as well?

Do you by chance know why Server 2012 R2 doesnt detect the SCSI HDDs as SCSI?

Here is a screenshot

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What exactly are you trying to achieve? In case you want to create a tiered storage pool with the virtual disks it may be sufficient to set the proper MediaType for the "Unknown" disks, running e.g. Set-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName PhysicalDisk# -MediaType HDD for each unknow disk.

For details about the PowerShell command see  Set-PhysicalDisk‌

André

[auduongxuan]

Thanks André, it works!