BT Cloud Compute. Adding a Volume to an existing VM running Microsoft Windows

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1 Adding a Volume to an existing VM running Microsoft Windows BT Cloud Compute The power to build your own cloud solutions to serve your specific business needs Issue 2

2 Introduction This guide has been designed to walk you through the processes necessary to attach a volume to an virtual machine (VM) running the Microsoft Windows operating system. A second guide has been produced to show how the same process is achieved on a VM running a Linux operating system. For the purpose of this guide it is assumed you have a VM already built running Windows 2008 R2 and you have Administrative privileges on this VM. Creating a Volume in the Cloud Compute Portal From the Home screen select [Manage Resources], [Cloud] Select the [Volume] tab Select [Add New] This will bring up a new window. Provide a friendly name for your volume. Select the Availability Zone you wish the volume to be created (remember it needs to be in the same as the VM you wish to attach it to), then select the size you wish the volume to be. The maximum size per volume is 2000Gb. The maximum number of additional volumes per VM is 6 with a maximum of 500 volumes per User within an Account. Once complete, agree to the Terms and Conditions, then select [OK]. British Telecommunications plc. Page 2 of 7 Issue 2

3 The volume will now be created. Once a volume is created a conformation message will be displayed. Attaching the volume to a VM in the Cloud Compute Portal On the portal select the edit button in the top right hand corner and select [Attach Volume], this will open a new window. The Edit button can be identified as a cog wheel On the [Attach Volume] window using the drop down menu select the VM you wish to attach the volume followed by [OK]. The portal will now attach the volume to your chosen VM. Followed by a affirmative message of completion. Your volume is now attached to your VM however it is currently not recognised by your operating system therefore you are now required to access the VM to mount the attached volume into the operating system. British Telecommunications plc. Page 3 of 7 Issue 2

4 Mounting the new volume in the operating system Using the Console or RDP, access the VM. For the purpose of this guide we will use the Console provided within the Portal. Select the VM followed by [View Console]. A new windows will popup with the login screen for your VM (you may be required to press Cntr, Alt and Del). Enter the Administrative password. Once logged in, initiate a Computer Management session - select [Start], followed by [Administrator Tools] and the [Computer Management]. British Telecommunications plc. Page 4 of 7 Issue 2

5 From the Computer Management directory select [Disk Management]. A new window will open. Ensure the disk is selected, select [OK]. This will initialise the disk. A new disk will be shown as being unallocated British Telecommunications plc. Page 5 of 7 Issue 2

6 With your mouse over the Unallocated disk right click and select [New Simple Volume ] A new window will open. Select the volume size you require followed by [Next]. On the next window select a drive letter for your volume followed by [Next]. British Telecommunications plc. Page 6 of 7 Issue 2

7 Change the [Volume label] followed by [Next]. Select [Finish] Your new volume is now available within Windows and can be seen through Windows Explorer. British Telecommunications plc. Page 7 of 7 Issue 2