{"id":286,"date":"2020-06-16T18:01:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everydayvirtualization.com\/?p=286"},"modified":"2021-03-10T16:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T16:15:30","slug":"windows-2016-and-hotplug-devices-on-vsphere-6-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everydayvirtualization.com\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"Windows 2016 and Hotplug Devices on vSphere 6.7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the issues that we have found is that due to the changes that have been made in both vsphere and windows that volumes appear as hotplug devices in Computer Manager, also this can affect how disks are brought online by windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To resolve this add the following setting to the vmx file <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"codecolorer-container powershell blackboard\" style=\"overflow:auto;white-space:nowrap;width:650px;\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"line-numbers\"><div>1<br \/><\/div><\/td><td><div class=\"powershell codecolorer\">devices.hotplug <span class=\"sy0\">=<\/span> <span class=\"st0\">&quot;false&quot;<\/span><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Also within windows make sure your diskpart san policy is set to always on.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"codecolorer-container powershell blackboard\" style=\"overflow:auto;white-space:nowrap;width:650px;\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"line-numbers\"><div>1<br \/>2<br \/>3<br \/>4<br \/>5<br \/><\/div><\/td><td><div class=\"powershell codecolorer\">Diskpart.exe<br \/>\nSan<br \/>\n<span class=\"br0\">&#40;<\/span>This will then show your policy<span class=\"br0\">&#41;<\/span><br \/>\nsan policy<span class=\"sy0\">=<\/span>onlineall<br \/>\n<span class=\"br0\">&#40;<\/span>and your done<span class=\"br0\">&#41;<\/span><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the issues that we have found is that due to the changes that have been made in both vsphere and windows that volumes appear as hotplug devices in Computer Manager, also this can affect how disks are brought online by windows. 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