Step 1 |
Navigate the inventory in VMware vCenter and find the existing Admin virtual machine for your system. |
Step 2 |
Right-click the virtual machine name and select Edit Settings.... The Virtual Machine Properties window is displayed. |
Step 3 |
Select the Hardware tab, then select Hard disk 4. |
Step 4 |
For future reference, copy and paste, into another document, the Disk File location. This specifies the location of that VMDK file in VMware vCenter. The string is similar to [EMC-LUN10-RAID5] webex-sysA-admin/webex-sysA-admin_3-000001.vmdk. If you have previously upgraded your system, the filename does not follow the naming convention of the existing virtual machine. |
Step 5 |
Note and write down the storage location for Hard disk 4 and the virtual machine folder name. The folder name string is similar to [EMC-LUN8-RAID5] webex-sysB-admin. |
Step 6 |
Close the Edit Settings... window without making any changes. |
Step 7 |
Change the vCenter view into the Datastore and Datastore Cluster view. Select . |
Step 8 |
Select the storage location where your existing Admin virtual machine is located (from Step 5) and select Browse this datastore. |
Step 9 |
Select the storage location where your newly deployed (for the expanded or upgraded system) Admin virtual machine is located and select Browse this datastore. |
Step 10 |
Arrange the two datastore browser windows (for the existing and new Admin virtual machine) side by side so that you can see both Admin virtual machine folders. |
Step 11 |
Open both virtual machine folders and copy the VMDK file from the existing Admin virtual machine folder to the new Admin virtual machine folder.
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In the existing Admin virtual machine folder, locate the VMDK file that is associated with Hard disk 4. Refer to the file location you wrote down in Step 4 to confirm accuracy.
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Right-click on the file and select Copy.
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Right-click inside the new Admin virtual machine folder and select Paste.
When the paste operation is completed, close both datastore windows.
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Return the vCenter view to a list of hosts and clusters by selecting .
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Step 12 |
Navigate the inventory in VMware vCenter and find the new (expanded or upgraded) Admin virtual machine for your system. |
Step 13 |
Right-click the newly deployed virtual machine name and select Edit Settings.... The Virtual Machine Properties window is displayed. |
Step 14 |
Select the Hardware tab, then select Hard disk 4. |
Step 15 |
Select Remove. This action does not remove the virtual disk immediately. Instead, the existing virtual disk is scheduled for removal. |
Step 16 |
Select Add. The Add Hardware wizard is displayed. |
Step 17 |
Select Hard Disk, then Next. |
Step 18 |
Select Use an existing virtual disk, then Next. |
Step 19 |
Select Browse, and navigate to the datastore where the new expanded or upgraded Admin virtual machine is located. Navigate to the new Admin virtual machine folder. Double-click this folder, then select the virtual disk you copied over in Step 11. Select OK. |
Step 20 |
In the Virtual Device Node drop-down list, select SCSI (0:3), then select Next. |
Step 21 |
Review your changes, and if it is correct, select Finish. Otherwise, select Back and fix any errors. Once the wizard is complete, you will see a new disk marked for addition in the Hardware tab. |
Step 22 |
Commit both the Add and Remove operations by selecting OK. |
Step 23 |
View this virtual machine reconfiguration task in the VMware vCenter Recent Tasks pane to ensure there are no errors. |