ESXi with SSD help

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?

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Essendon

You need to create a datastore using the new disk. Google for instructions? The existing datastore wont see the disk.

JustFred

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

Essendon

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.

JustFred

ESXi is the host OS. I will try the above and let you know when i get home. Thanks for the help so far.

jibbajabba

Also how is the SSD connected? Is it using the same controller as your other disks?

JustFred

Yes. I can see all disks in the bios.

JustFred

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