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Add Virtual Disk Drives

Use this procedure to add virtual disk drives for event log storage. Use these same settings regardless of the role a specific CA Enterprise Log Manager server plays in your network.

To edit the settings

  1. Right-click your virtual machine in the VMware Infrastructure Client and select Edit Settings.

    The Virtual Machine Properties dialog appears.

  2. Highlight the CD/DVD Drive 1 properties.
  3. Click the Host Device option button, and select your DVD-ROM drive from the drop-down list.
  4. Select the Device Status option, Connect at power on.
  5. Click Add to launch the Add Hardware Wizard and add a second hard disk.
  6. Highlight Hard Disk in the device list and click Next. The Select a Disk dialog appears.
  7. Select the option, Create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
  8. Specify the size of your new disk and select the option, Specify a datastore to set its location.

    CA Enterprise Log Manager detects this additional drive during installation and assigns it to data storage. We recommend maximizing the amount of storage that you can make available to CA Enterprise Log Manager.

    Note: The default Block Size setting in VMware ESX Server is 1 MB, which limits the maximum disk space that you can create to 256 GB. If you need more space, up to 512 GB, increase the Block Size setting to 2 MB using this command:

    Vmkfstools --createfs vmfs3 --blocksize 2M vmhba0:0:0:3

    Restart the ESX Server for the new setting to take effect. More information about this command and other commands is available in the VMware ESX Server documentation.

    Click Next to display the Specify Advanced Options dialog.

  9. Accept the default values for the Advanced Options and click Next. The Ready to Complete dialog appears.
  10. Click Finish to store your changes to this virtual machine. This action returns you to the VMware Infrastructure Client dialog.