Add External Hard Disk on ESXi

To add external hard disk

1. Login to Vsphere.

2. Power down the the VM where you have to add an external disk.

3. Right click on the VM. Click Edit Settings.

   

4. Click ADD NEW DEVICE > Hard Disk.

   

5. Assign the required memory.

   

6. Click Ok.

7. Click LAUNCH REMOTE CONSOLE.

   

8. In the CLI console type show disks.

   

9. Initialize the disk.

   Type disk initialize.

   Enter the name of the disk to initialize.

   Type yes when prompted for confirmation.

   Enter a new password when prompted for password.

   

10. Activate the disk. Type disk activate. It will reboot the VM and mount the disk on boot. Please enter the password when prompted.

    The password is the password that you have configured in step 9 above.

    

11. After the VM reboots, the disk will be active.