Add the disk through the VMware user interface. Then, force the host to rescan for the new drive, as root: Reference: Vmware Linux Guest Add a New Hard Disk Without Rebooting Guest
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Hot Adding a Disk to a Linux ESX VM
02-May-11Remove the VM from the inventory of virtual machines. In the host OS for Server, and in the , edit the ‘.vmx’ file for the FreeBSD host, adding the following line:: ethernet0.virtualDev = “e1000″ Then, in the FreeBSD guest, change all references to le0 to em0 (such as in ‘/etc/rc.conf’ and ‘/etc/rc.conf.local’). Do the same [...]
By far, the VMware KB article I’ve gotten the most mileage out of is 1006427, Timekeeping best practices for Linux – effective workarounds for one of the roughest edges remaining in virtualizing Linux under VMware. (Link here is pretty much solely for my ease of later retrieval.)
Windows P2V to VMware ESX notes
05-Jan-09Make sure you have the local Administrator password to the virtual before you begin. You will likely lose contact with your domain during the migration and need to log in with a local account to reconfigure the machine. If moving a machine from Microsoft Virtual Server, remove Virtual Server’s “Virtual Machine Additions” using the Add/Remove [...]