Can't see RDM in Windows 7?

[BrandonBBB]

Hi all,

I attached local SATA drives (3 of them) to my 2008 R2 VM without a problem (using these instructions: http://blog.davidwarburton.net/2010/10/25/rdm-mapping-of-local-sata-storage-for-esxi/).  However, my Windows 7 Ent. VM doesn't see the drive at all.

Any thoughts as to why? 

I know in Server 2008 R2 I had to do a few commands to get them online in disk management, but they don't even show up in disk management in the Windows 7 machine.

Any help is much appreciated.

Brandon

[continuum]

do the vmdks appear in the vmx-file
do they appear as used in the vmware.log ?

if unsure attach the vmware.log

[BrandonBBB]

Thank you for the reply, continuum.  I apologize it has taken me so long to get back to you.

I checked the VMX, and it doesn't appear there, which is a little surprising.  I had set it up on SCSI 1:0, which is set to false.

Can I or should I manually edit this vmx file?  Or should I just try reinstalling it through vSphere again?

Ok, on second look I had apparently removed it from the VM.  I have since reattached it, and it does show up in the VMX file.  The log file is attached.  Anyone see anything odd?  I have two other drives that were setup exactly like this for a Server 2008 VM that are working flawlessly.

Thanks,

Brandon

Message was edited by: BrandonBBB

[continuum]

Hi
looks like something inside your guest prevents that you can see the drive.

The VM looks like it is using it without errors

[BrandonBBB]

Ok, thank you again for the reply.  I'll do some more Googling and see what I can find out.

In the mean time, if anyone has any ideas, do please speak up. 

Brandon

[continuum · Accepted solution]

you assigned the RDM as scsi2:0 - try to use the already active controller scsi0 instead

[BrandonBBB]

Good idea.  I'll do that.  It was recommended that you add these to a different controller in the article I used to do this, although I'm not sure why. 

Brandon

[BrandonBBB]

That worked great!  Thank you for that!

Brandon

[continuum]

if you ever find out why your Windows 7 cant handle 2 scsi-controllers please let us know

[BrandonBBB]

Will do.

Thanks again.

Brandon