Hello kmSmith,
Thanks for the reply. Yes there is an independent disk option, but
1.An independent disk can not be added to multiple machines at a time. I have used vCloud API to create/edit/Delete independent disk. Also i have added to a machine in cloud, by the time i'm trying to add it to another machine it throws an error saying it can not be accomplished as it is already attached.
<Error minorErrorCode="INVALID_STATE" message="The requested operation cannot be performed because the disk "c7eb7a32-f505-4a71-8050-c776f313642b" is already attached." majorErrorCode="409"/>
2. The only advantage when compared to other disks used by a machine in cloud looks to be, it can be detached from a machine and added to another without loosing data -- which is like re-using of it.
please do correct if there are any misconceptions in perspective of independent disk or its concepts.
Regards,
Chandra Sekhar Patibandla.