Add Virtual disk to VMware and create a partion with fdisk in Linux.

This is about How to add the new VM disk to the existing VMware player.
Make sure that the M is powed off else you will not be able to make changes.
Below are the screen shots and the CLI commands run:

Click Add.

Select Create a New Virtual Disk à Click Next

Accept Recommended à Click Next 

Allocate the size – I have selected Store virtual disk as a single file.

Click Next.

Click Finish.

Now go to the command line via putty.

And run the fdisk utility as follows.

[root@rajcentos dev]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/sda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux

/dev/sda2              14        1044     8281507+  8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdb: 536 MB, 536870912 bytes

64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 512 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/sdb1               1         512      524272   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 213 MB, 213909504 bytes

64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 204 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes

Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sdd: 106 MB, 106954752 bytes

64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 102 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes

Disk /dev/sdd doesn't contain a valid partition table

[root@rajcentos dev]# fdisk /dev/sdc

Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel

Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,

until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous

content won't be recoverable.

Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)

Command (m for help): n

Command action

   e   extended

   p   primary partition (1-4)

p

Partition number (1-4): 1

First cylinder (1-204, default 1):

Using default value 1

Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-204, default 204):

Using default value 204

Command (m for help): w

The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

Syncing disks.

[root@rajcentos dev]# fdisk -l /dev/sdc

Disk /dev/sdc: 213 MB, 213909504 bytes

64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 204 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/sdc1               1         204      208880   83  Linux

[root@rajcentos dev]# mkdir /backupcenter

[root@rajcentos dev]# mount /dev/sdc1 /backupcenter/

[root@rajcentos dev]# df -h

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00

                      7.3G  1.2G  5.7G  18% /

/dev/sda1              99M   13M   81M  14% /boot

none                  125M     0  125M   0% /dev/shm

/dev/sdb1             496M   11M  460M   3% /remotebackup

/dev/sdc1             198M  5.8M  182M   4% /backupcenter

 

Thats it!