ESXi with SSD help

JustFredJustFred Member Posts: 678 ■■■□□□□□□□
I currently have two Fujitsu 73gb 10k SAS drives installed on my server using Raid1, I have installed ESXi on there and it works great.

What i actually wanted to do is leave it as it is and use an Intel SSD 160gb that i have for my VMs.

The issue is how to get this to appear in the datastore. I'm been looking at the Vmware site and most of the information i have been reading there is conflicting. My question to those who have done something similar is how to get the datastore to see the SSD so i can install VMs on it?
[h=2]"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." Spock[/h]

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  • EssendonEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■
    You need to create a datastore using the new disk. Google for instructions? The existing datastore wont see the disk.
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  • JustFredJustFred Member Posts: 678 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Already tried that. Even though maybe it was a bios issue, but i could see the ssd in the bios, so that was not the issue.

    Anyway i will give this guide a good read and try it when i get home.

    http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/07/how-to-trick-esxi-5-in-seeing-ssd.html
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  • EssendonEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■
    No that link is to trick ESXi into believing a normal disk is an SSD. Your SSD should show up in there. Is ESXi installed as the host OS? Or inside Workstation?

    Try this > Try creating a new datastore and see if the SSD shows up. Paste the screenshot here.
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  • JustFredJustFred Member Posts: 678 ■■■□□□□□□□
    ESXi is the host OS. I will try the above and let you know when i get home. Thanks for the help so far.
    [h=2]"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." Spock[/h]
  • jibbajabbajibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Also how is the SSD connected? Is it using the same controller as your other disks?
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  • JustFredJustFred Member Posts: 678 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Yes. I can see all disks in the bios.
    [h=2]"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." Spock[/h]
  • JustFredJustFred Member Posts: 678 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Alright got it working and i can now add my ssd in esxi. The only thing i need to do is let esxi see it as an ssd instead of a one ssd :p
    [h=2]"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." Spock[/h]
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