Adding a 3rd new SAS 300GB disk to ESX 3.5

[zrow]

What I Have:

1. Dell R160 Server - Running ESX 3.5

2. Two 300GB SAS hard disks - RAID 0 (I dont need redundancy)

3. 2 300GB disks form 1 Virtual Disk VD0 of capacity approx 580GB

Requirement:

Now I bought a new SAS 300GB HD which I want to add to the already existing ESX setup. I want this 300GB to be the 2nd new datastore(LUN) so that i can create few more VMs on this datastore. I dont want to re-install the whole ESX setup (if possible)

What I tried:

1. A way I can create a new Virtual disk on this 3rd 300GB SAS HD so that I can add it to the ESX datastore through VM Infrastructure Client. - Did not work :(. Also simple plug and play of the drive doesnt work as the ESX is not able to scan the HD if I just add it to the drive simply and run ESX

I am a newbie so please let me know if you guys need any more info to solve my prob.

Thanks.

Vik

[Gerrit_Lehr]

After installing the HDD into the server, you will need to perform a rescan under Configuration -> Stroage Adapters

Kind Regards,

Gerrit Lehr

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[zrow]

Thats the first thing I tried but it did not work. The scan doesnt show me the new drive.

Also, I tried to go to the RAID BIOS at bootup and this is what I found

1. Physical Drives

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1 300 SAS ---Online

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2 300 SAS ---Online

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3 300 SAS ---Ready

2. Virtual Drives

--- VD 0 (580GB)

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1 300 SAS

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2 300 SAS

[Gerrit_Lehr]

Alright then, you need to cerate a virtual disk on your Raid controller first.

Kind Regards,

Gerrit Lehr

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[AndreTheGiant · Accepted solution]

300 SAS ---Ready

This disk must be online.

Create a new VD using RAID0

Andre

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