[SOLVED] Add additional virtual disk to VM

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finish06

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I currently have an Ubuntu server VM running and I am attempting to add additional disk to it. I have used the webUI under VM106 (my ubuntu server VM) > Hardware > Add > Hard disk... I have added an IDE, a SATA, and a virtio disk all in an attempt to have one of them show up in Ubuntu server. I have rebooted the VM after adding the disk in case that was necessary. Nothing. When I "ls /dev/", I receive zero sb* options, nor any additional vd* options. Anything I might be over looking or any insight? Let me know if additional information is necessary.

Thanks!
 
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e100 said:
Stop, then start the VM.
A new KVM process is needed to see the new disks and a VM reboot does not cause a new KVM process to be created.

Maybe some day we will be able to hot add disks.......
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Wow! That was an easy fix. I didn't even consider the different between rebooting the machine vs doing a hard off / on. I figured it was something easy I was missing. Thank you!
 
Yes, works flawlessly. When disk is attached you need to go to disk management to initialize the new disk. From there on it is simply assign a drive letter to the disk and format it. Hot unplug also works flawlessly.
 
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