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  • 1.  Live Conversion RDM to VMDK

    Posted Oct 06, 2011 05:06 PM

    Hi all,

    i've a VM (which can't be powered off) on Esx 4.0 and i wanna use storage vmotion to convert a disk (the VM has multiple disks) from RDM to VMDK.

    Any advise or experience?

    Many Thanks



  • 2.  RE: Live Conversion RDM to VMDK
    Best Answer

    Posted Oct 06, 2011 05:25 PM

    The main question is: Is it a physical mode RDM or virtual mode RDM.

    from http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1005241

    For vSphere 4.0 and higher, Virtual Disks  and Virtual Mode RDM pointer files can be relocated to the destination  datastore, and can be converted to thick-provisioned or thin-provisioned  disks during migration as long as the destination is not an NFS  datastore. Physical Mode RDM pointer files can be relocated to the  destination datastore, but cannot be converted.

    André