10.4. Creating Floating Disks

Summary
The first task you will undertake in the Advanced Storage Lab is the creation of a floating disk.

Procedure 10.1. Creating Floating Disks

  1. Click the Disks tab in the navigation pane.
  2. Click the Add button in the top left of the navigation pane. The Add Virtual Disk window opens.
  3. Enter 10 in the Size(GB) field.
  4. Enter Disk1 in the Alias field.
  5. Enter Description placeholder in the Description field.
  6. Leave all other settings at their defaults.
  7. Click OK at the bottom right of the Add Virtual Disk window.
Result
You have created the floating disk Disk1. Now that you have created the floating disk Disk1, you will associate it with a machine.
Disks on Multiple Storage Domains
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization allows you to have disks on multiple storage domains. In the Add Virtual Disk window, select the data domain you want your disk to be on. Using this method, you can attach disks from different storage domains to your guest machine.