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1. Login to the vcenter server
2. Edit the virtual machine settings by right click on the server which we are going to add the LUN
3. Click on ADD
4. Specify device type high light on Hard Disk and click next
5. Select a Disk type as Raw Device Mappings and click next
6. Select the Raw LUN and click on next (Note: If already the raw LUN is mapped or data storage is created for that LUN then the new LUN will not be shown here)
7. Select Store with Virtual Machine and click on Next
8. Select compatibility mode as physical and click on next
9. Select the SCSI Device Node
10. Click on Finish to complete and check it in the Active Tasks to be completed
11. Login to the server where the Raw Device has been Mapped
12. Goto start Right click on the computer and select manage
13. Click on Disk Management, here you can see the new raw device which is mapped
14. Right click on the new drive and click on the New partition
15. Partition the drive for the required size, assign the Drive letter and format it with NTFS file system
16. Wait until the format to be complete and check the drive in the my computer.
