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ignes_ingram
Novice I
2 years ago

Hello All. What is the best practice in terms of presenting RDM disks to VMWare?

Any limitations? I see from the Pure documentation a RDM can be presented to a Host Group, so more than 1 ESXi host is supported. How about presenting that same RDM to hosts that is in the same host group on the Pure but is part of a different cluster within VMWare? I have seen some RDM devices presented to all hosts part of the entire DC in VMWare. Thanks.

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  • jmccarty's avatar
    jmccarty
    Novice I
    2 years ago
    The process of adding an RDM to the 2nd VM is similar to how to do the same with a vVol.
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    jmccarty
    Novice I
    2 years ago
    Cody’s post covers conversion (not my suggestion at this time), but also gives more details about vVols as they compare to RDMs. And keep in mind it is dated. There have been some significant improvements since.
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    jmccarty
    Novice I
    2 years ago
    I forget who is handing VMware deep dives for partners in South Africa, maybe dstamen can point you in the right direction. I don’t officially do the VMware specialist work anymore.
  • dstamen's avatar
    dstamen
    Puritan
    2 years ago
    If you reach out to your account team they will connect you with your PT/FSA who can handle this