This article describes how to add an additional hard drive in XenServer.

Instructions

To ensure that the new internal hard drive is available as storage repository, complete the following procedure:

1. Install a hard drive on a XenServer.

2. Run the following command from the command line interface to display the installed disks:
   fdisk -l

3. Search for the new hard drive in the list. 

4. Run the following command from the command line interface:
   xe sr-create name-label="LocalStorage-Citrix" shared=false device-config:device="Path of the Storage device" type=lvm content-type=user
   - Storage ID is the required name of the ID in the Storage Repository.
   Now, the installed hard drive is visible in the XenServer Console.