RDM creation issue

[vinay1]

Hi Guys,

I am trying to create a VM with RDM (Virutal compatibility mode) disk and when i am done with the creating of Vm and once i click finish. it shows me an error message "The virtual disk is either corrupted or not a supported format" attached screenshot.

[marcelo_soares]

What is the version of the ESX holding this VM, VM hardware version and the size of the RDM LUN?

[Tichu78]

I have the same report if I try to create a RDM with an existing scsiDisk and vm:

device = (vim.vm.device.VirtualDisk) {

-->                dynamicType = <unset>,

-->                key = -1,

-->                deviceInfo = (vim.Description) null,

-->                backing = (vim.vm.device.VirtualDisk.RawDiskMappingVer1BackingInfo) {

-->                   dynamicType = <unset>,

-->                   fileName = "[]/vmfs/volumes/527bd124-983c665a-6ad1-0010187a630c/SLES 11.2 source/SLES 11.2 source ix3227.vmdk",

-->                   datastore = <unset>,

-->                   backingObjectId = <unset>,

-->                   lunUuid = "0200030000600507680281065dd000000000000c1b323134352020",

-->                  deviceName = "vml.0200030000600507680281065dd000000000000c1b323134352020",

-->                   compatibilityMode = "physicalMode",

-->                   diskMode = "independent_persistent",

-->                   uuid = <unset>,

-->                   contentId = <unset>,

-->                   changeId = <unset>,

-->                   parent = (vim.vm.device.VirtualDisk.RawDiskMappingVer1BackingInfo) null,

-->                   deltaDiskFormat = <unset>,

-->                   deltaGrainSize = <unset>,

-->                },

-->                connectable = (vim.vm.device.VirtualDevice.ConnectInfo) {

-->                   dynamicType = <unset>,

-->                   startConnected = true,

-->                   allowGuestControl = false,

-->                   connected = true,

-->                   status = <unset>,

-->                },

-->                slotInfo = (vim.vm.device.VirtualDevice.BusSlotInfo) null,

-->                controllerKey = 1000,

-->                unitNumber = 3,

-->                capacityInKB = 2147483,

-->                capacityInBytes = <unset>,

-->                shares = (vim.SharesInfo) null,

-->                storageIOAllocation = (vim.StorageResourceManager.IOAllocationInfo) null,

-->                diskObjectId = <unset>,

-->                vFlashCacheConfigInfo = (vim.vm.device.VirtualDisk.VFlashCacheConfigInfo) null,

-->             },

ESXi 5.5

client code base for WSDL version 4.0

sizeof LUN is 2GB

file "/vmfs/volumes/527bd124-983c665a-6ad1-0010187a630c/SLES 11.2 source/SLES 11.2 source ix3227.vmdk", does not exist on host

[Tichu78]

deviceName was wrong!

If I use the deviceName of the HostScsiDisk creating RDM is successful!