Format the Virtual Machine (VM) Hard Drive

You must format the VM hard drive upon installation.

Procedure

1. Open the vSphere Client application to the Home page.
2. Expand the left-hand tabs to display all VMs.
3. Confirm that the target VM is powered on.
4. Select the Console tab, and click anywhere in the window to identify that tab as the source of keyboard input.
5. Logon in User mode.
6. Use the enable command to enter Privileged mode.
7. Use the format hard-drive command to format the VM hard drive.
8. Use the reboot force command to reboot the VM and enable the disk changes.