Adding a VMDK to a VM immediately

• In Items -> Machines select the VM you want to change and in the Actions menu, select Reconfigure
  
• Click on the Storage Tab 
  
• Click the green plus sign  to Add a new Volume
  
• Enter the size of the new Volume you are adding to the VM
• Select which Tier of Storage you want on the new Volume
  • Tier 1 is High Performance Storage. The limit is 2000 GB per disk. You can estimate the cost using the cost estimator.
  • Tier 2 is Mid-Tier Performance Storage. The limit is 4000 GB per disk. You can estimate the cost using the cost estimator.
  • Tier H is High Performance Storage that is encrypted-at-rest. The limit is 2000 GB per disk. You can estimate the cost using the cost estimator.
• Click the green check mark to add the new Volume
• Click the Execution tab
• Chose the Power Action you want. Do not reboot will add the disk without shutting down the VM and is appropriate in most situations
• Click Submit to execute the new Volume addition IMMEDIATELY or upon approval if the new storage exceeds the approval threshold. (By default, approvers are the UT-VMG administrators but if you are using custom blueprints, there may be approvers in your department.)

Scheduling a VMDK addition to a VM (Note: most VMDK additions will happen immediately)

• To schedule a VMDK addition at a later time, e.g. during a maintenance window - use steps above for immediate change, but in the Execution tab, do the following before clicking OK.
  
• Change "Execute request:" to Scheduled, then enter the appropriate date/time for the Reconfiguration to occur
• Power action: can be changed to "Do Not Reboot" if restart is not required
• You may choose to enter a "Reason for request"
  
  
• Click the OK button
• If you now go back to your list of VMs and click on the vm, you will see that you've go a scheduled reconfiguration:
  
• Note: if the amount of storage is greater than the approval level, the request must be approved by the scheduled time. (By default, approvers are the UT-VMG administrators but if you are using custom blueprints, there may be approvers in your department.)
  

Extending Existing VMDKs

• First, all snapshots must be removed. See UT-VMG - VM snapshots.
• Use the above procedures but instead of clicking "Add Volume", click the pencil icon next to the disk you want to extend.
• Enter the new size of the VMDK
• Click the green check mark to save the changes
• Continue to the Execution tab as above to chose your Power Action and or schedule the change, click Submit