Toad Intelligence Central 5.3 - Release Notes

Use Virtual Disk (VMDK) in Virtual Machine Installation

If you plan to install Toad Intelligence Central in a virtual machine (VM) environment, and you require more space than is available, you might choose to utilize a virtual disk (VMDK) to store the Toad Intelligence Central Data Files Folder.

Create the virtual disk and mount a drive on the VM to the virtual disk (if remote) prior to installing Toad Intelligence Central. Then during installation, specify the virtual disk as the location for the Data Files Folder.

The following procedure describes how to add a virtual disk for a VMware® virtual machine.

Add new virtual disk (VMDK) to VMware VM

1. Open the VMware virtual machine.
2. Select the virtual machine and select VM | Settings.
3. Select the Hardware tab.
4. Click Add.
5. In the Add Hardware Wizard, select Hard Disk and click Next.
6. On the Select a Disk page, select Create a new virtual disk. Click Next.
7. On the Select a Disk Type page, use the defaults. Click Next.
8. On the Specify Disk Capacity page, enter a value for the disk size. Select Store virtual disk as a single file. Click Next.
9. On the Specify Disk File page, specify a location for the virtual disk file. Click Browse.
   1. Specify the remote server address, if creating the disk on a remote server.
   2. Enter a file name.
   3. Click Open.
10. After adding the virtual disk, you must initialize it.
    1. In the VMware virtual machine, go to Computer Management | Storage | Disk Management.
    2. Initialize the uninitialized virtual disk.
    3. After it is initialized, right-click the disk and select New Simple Volume.
11. The new virtual disk should now be listed under Drives on the computer where it is located.