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You should look into storage policies.<br />
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You can tag storage, then create a storage policy based on the tag, then apply that policy to your virtual disks.
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You should look into storage policies.

You can tag storage, then create a storage policy based on the tag, then apply that policy to your virtual disks.

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My solution above is 1 of a bunch of options. See here for more:<br />
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<a href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=900" rel="ugc nofollow">http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=900</a><br />
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make sure you don't have snapshots beforehand and power the VM off before removing and adding disks.
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My solution above is 1 of a bunch of options. See here for more:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=900 [http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=900]

make sure you don't have snapshots beforehand and power the VM off before removing and adding disks.

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Do you have two virtual disks e.g.<br />
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c_drive.vmdk<br />
d_drive.vmdk<br />
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or a single virtual disk with two partitions C: and D:<br />
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one_drive.vmdk ?
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Do you have two virtual disks e.g.

c_drive.vmdk
d_drive.vmdk

or a single virtual disk with two partitions C: and D:

one_drive.vmdk ?

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There are 2 virtual disks, not partitions.
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There are 2 virtual disks, not partitions.

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You should be able to use my advice then.
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You should be able to use my advice then.

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Carry on as suggested, if you need further advice, or unsure, then post back.
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Carry on as suggested, if you need further advice, or unsure, then post back.

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Hey guys,<br />
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I have a server with a C: and D: drive. I want to move just the D: drive to another datastore in Vmware esxi 5.5.<br />
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How can i achieve this?
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Hey guys,

I have a server with a C: and D: drive. I want to move just the D: drive to another datastore in Vmware esxi 5.5.

How can i achieve this?

Move Drive to Different Datastore

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