Hide datastore

[VCPGuru]

I want use one datastore only for one VM, how could I hide this datastore for the other VMs?

I dont wont that our VMware Admins see this datastore,when they for example converting a VM.....(So I want hide the datastore from the admins view)

Thank you in advance!

[benma]

I don't see any option for a normal VMFS.

What's about using a RDM as a dirty workaround?

[TomHowarth]

you wont be able to do, all Datastores must bve seen be all Hosts for vMotion to work, I am making the assumption you meant Hosts not Guests being able to see the DataStore. you could use masking to only present it ot a single host, but that is as far as you could go.

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that's not possible. you might want to consider using an RDM for this particular VM.

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[VCPGuru]

I made a RDM , what is the Best Practice of a RDM (are there any other things which I should consider with RDMs?):

Virtual compatibility or Physical compatibility mode for RDM mappings?

Thank you in advance...

[benma]

It depends on you needs...

virtual compatibility mode or physical compatibility

mode. Virtual compatibility mode virtualizes the mapped device and is

generally transparent to a guest operating system. This mode also

provides some VMFS volume advantages, such as the ability to create

snapshots. Physical compatibility mode provides minimal SCSI

virtualization of a mapped device, and the VMkernel passes almost all

SCSI commands directly to the device, which enables closer VM and LUN

integration.