On "disable the HotPlug capability on the virtual machine" below are the Symptoms
- NICs and SCSI controllers appear as removable devices.
- The Safely Remove Hardware option for the virtual hardware appears in the Windows System Tray.
- If you are using VMware View, you notice that View desktops which have persistent disks are disconnecting.
which doesn't mean you can't pull out and add new disk in, if I'm not wrong.
