Adding a disk to the virtual appliance

Use the vCenter client to edit the settings of the virtual machine.

Before you begin

To run commands, you must connect to the command line for the IBM Storage® Protect Plus virtual appliance by using Secure Shell (SSH) and log in with the user ID serveradmin. The default initial password is sppDP758-SysXyz. You are prompted to change this password during the first logon. Certain rules are enforced when creating a new password. For more information, see the password requirement rules in Start IBM Storage Protect Plus.

Procedure

To add a disk to an IBM Storage Protect Plus virtual appliance, complete the following steps from the vCenter client:

From the vCenter client, complete the following steps:
1. On the Hardware tab, click Add.
2. Select Create a new virtual disk.
3. Select the required disk size. In the Location section, select one of the following options:
  - To use the current datastore, select Store with the virtual machine.
  - To specify one or more datastores for the virtual disk, select Specify a datastore or datastore cluster. Click Browse to select the new datastores.
4. In the Advanced Options tab, leave the default values.
5. Review and save your changes.
6. Click the Edit Settings option for the virtual machine to view the new hard disk.
Add the new SCSI device without rebooting the virtual appliance. From the console of the IBM Storage Protect Plus appliance, issue the following commands:
```
sudo bash
```
Press Enter.
```
# for host in `ls /sys/class/scsi_host/`; do
echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/${host}/scan;
done
```