Is it possible to add an entire HDD drive to KVM VPS as a secondary disk in SolusVM?

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• SolusVM

Question

Is it possible to add an entire HDD drive to KVM VPS as a secondary disk in SolusVM?

Answer

SolusVM does not support this scenario.
As a workaround, it can be added using the custom config:

1. Add the HDD drive to the KVM slave node.
2. Connect to the node via SSH
3. Let's assume it is identified as /dev/sdc. Create a physical volume from this HDD:

   # pvcreate /dev/sdc

4. Login to SolusVM admin panel
5. Go to SolusVM > Virtual Servers > {VPS} > Custom Config
   
   
6. Copy Live Config and paste it in Custom Config field:
   
7. Add the following part in <devices></devices> section:

   CONFIG_TEXT: <devices>
   ...
   <disk type='file' device='disk'>
       <source file='/dev/sdc'/>
       <target dev='hde' bus='virtio'/>
       </disk>
   ...
   </devices>

   For example:

   

8. Tick Enable Custom Config checkbox and click Save & Reboot