Thanks for the info! I started in this morning with my usual grab-sledgehammer-and-charge-ahead approach (actually left this window open typing notes and trying steps and just posted it before seeing your response).
I found about a half-dozen guides that fell apart somewhere in the process, and then I found one that just worked. I like that what you’ve linked to allows expansion of a disk rather than limiting me to adding hard disks. I wonder what performance and reliability pros & cons exist for each approach…
I also installed VMWare Open Tools, and my next task is to access the files via CIFS/SMB. But that’s another topic if I run into trouble. Thanks again!