Hello,
I've been playing with VMware ESX 3.0.2 for a while and this question came:
Is it possible a virtual machine to write directly to disk or partiton not making a huge file and using it ?
I mean when i create a virtual machine the ESX is creating files with the size of the disk of the machine, is it possible to "uncompress" this file and use it as a regular partiton ?
Thanks for the feedback.
Welcoem to the forums - what you are talking about is using a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) - this will direct the disk read/write to a raw lun on the SAN - check out the section on Raw Device Mappings in the Server Configuration Guide on http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pages/vi_pubs_302_301.html
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Thats right you can do this. You need an RDM and this is how to do it....
http://www.vmadmin.co.uk/index.php/resources/35-esxserver/58-rdmvm
Andy, VMware Certified Professional (VCP),
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