Attaching a Volume to a Virtual Machine
Attach a volume to connect a currently unused volume to a virtual machine.
Note: If you attach a boot volume to a VM that already has a boot volume, the newly added volume is attached as a data volume. You might want to attach a volume in this manner to diagnose a boot problem or data corruption in another VM's boot volume. After using guest operating system tools to resolve the issue, detach the volume and reattach it to its original VM.
Prerequisite: Before attaching a volume to a virtual machine, you must shut down the virtual machine.
To attach a volume to a virtual machine
- Ensure that the volume you want to attach is not in use by another virtual machine; otherwise, you cannot attach it. Open the Volumes page, locate the volume, and ensure that the value in the Used By column is None.
- Open the Virtual Machines page (see the Virtual Machines Page).
- Select a VM and click Shutdown.
- When the VM has stopped, click Config to display the Reprovision Virtual Machine wizard.
- Click Next on each wizard page until the Volumes page is displayed. (If applicable, see Reprovisioning Virtual Machine Resources to configure additional VM resources.)
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On the Volumes page, locate the pulldown menu next to the Add a new volume button. Select an unattached volume from the pulldown menu and click Attach.
(If the pulldown menu is not visible, scroll down to the bottom of the wizard page. The pulldown menu is displayed only if there are unattached volumes on the ztC Edge system.)
- Click Next on each wizard page until the Configuration Summary page is displayed. Verify the configuration changes.
- Click Finish to attach the selected volume.
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