Adding an additional VMware hard disk (vSphere web client)

Last Updated : Jan 23, 2025 |
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To run Media Manager, you must add an additional hard disk to the IP Office server running Voicemail Pro. Avaya recommend that you add the additional disk before the IP Office server initial configuration.
  • The minimum supported size is 30 GB. The recommended size is 300 GB or larger.
  • Media Manager requires 120 KB per minute for recordings.
  • Media Manager also reserves 1 GB of space for the call details database and other operations.
  • If you need to add the additional disk after initial configuration, refer to the Administering Avaya IP Office™ Platform Media Manager manual for details of initializing the new disk.
  1. Using the vSphere web client, select the virtual machine. For example, select vCenter Management and in the navigation tree on the left select the virtual machine.
  2. Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
  3. On the Virtual Hardware tab, from the New device drop-down select New Hard Disk and click Add. The hard disk appears in the virtual hardware devices list.
  4. Expand New hard disk.
  5. Set the hard disk size and select the units (MB or GB) from the drop-down menu.
  6. Select the datastore location where you want to store the virtual machine files.
  7. For the format select Thick Provision Eager Zeroed and click Next.
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