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Converting pRDM to VMDK

I would like to convert a virtual machine from using pRDM disks to VMDK disks, so that I can back it up using Veeam.

I plan to shutdown the virtual machine, and then migrate it to a different datastore to convert the pRDM to VMDK. I did this on a test machine and it seems to have worked OK. However, I noticed on the test machine that the VMDK's that had been converted from pRDM, had the "Independent - Persistent" option selected on them.

I assume this is because the pRDM is setup that way by default?

Can I remove the Independent - Persistent option without any adverse effects to the virtual machine?


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Nick_Andreev
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Correct. RDM disks are not affected by snapshots, so after the migration VMDK also inherits these settings.

Make sure to untick this. Otherwise under certain circumstances you can have VM backup issues as well.

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Nick_Andreev
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Correct. RDM disks are not affected by snapshots, so after the migration VMDK also inherits these settings.

Make sure to untick this. Otherwise under certain circumstances you can have VM backup issues as well.

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Thanks for the reply, good to know.

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