hot add/swap in fusion 12.1 pro

[amitharel]

hello all

I am using a virtual machine running Windows Server 2008 r2 x64 on Fusion 12.1 pro

i can not add a hard drive when the machine is running.

i know for fact that it is possible in the operating system itself .

and i was able to do it on Vmware Workstation 9.0 .

that leads me to a conclusion that the problem is somewhere in the settings of Fusion 12.1

anybody has come across the same thing and was able to solve it ?

thanks in advance

Amit

[scott28tt]

@amitharel 

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/12/com.vmware.fusion.using.doc/GUID-4BE3F3B7-9579-4C30-B35E...

 

[ColoradoMarmot]

That'd be a good feature request for a future version.

[amitharel]

@scott28tt 

thanks ..

so that feature is implemented in Workstation but not in Fusion ?

isn't that a little weird ?

[ColoradoMarmot]

Nope, they're two different products.  A ford F150 truck has different features from the F250.

[amitharel]

@ColoradoMarmot 

VMware made it look as if those are parallel products made for different OS's ..

at least that's the impression i got .

is there a comprehensive list of all the differences between the two products somewhere ?

i couldn't find one .

thanks.

[ColoradoMarmot]

They're working towards a common core, but each one has different nuances.  For example, Fusion can virtualize MacOS, but Workstation can't.