11.4. Virtual Disk Tasks
- 11.4.1. Creating Floating Virtual Disks
- 11.4.2. Explanation of Settings in the New Virtual Disk Window
- 11.4.3. Moving a Virtual Machine Hard Disk Between Data Domains
- 11.4.4. Importing a Virtual Disk Image from an OpenStack Image Service
- 11.4.5. Exporting a Virtual Machine Disk to an OpenStack Image Service
11.4.1. Creating Floating Virtual Disks
Summary
You can create a virtual disk that does not belong to any virtual machines. You can then attach this disk to a single virtual machine, or to multiple virtual machines if the disk is shareable.
Procedure 11.1. Creating Floating Virtual Disks
- Select the Disks resource tab.
- Click to open the Add Virtual Disk window.
- Use the radio buttons to specify whether the virtual disk will be an Internal or External (Direct Lun) disk.
- Enter the Size(GB), Alias, and Description of the virtual disk.
- Use the drop-down menus to select the Interface, Allocation Policy, Data Center, and Storage Domain of the virtual disk.
- Select the Wipe After Delete, Is Bootable and Is Shareable check boxes to enable each of these options.
- Click OK.
Result
You have created a virtual disk that can be attached to one or more virtual machines depending on its settings.