im new to vmware.
Our ESX 4.0 environment is connected to an EMC CX4 via FC. I have carved out a couple SATA LUNS and attached them to our ESX environment and have successfully P2V'd some servers onto the datastores I created on those LUNS.
Now, I have a server that has 2 FC HBA's connected to a brocade switch. This server has its "E" drive mapped to a SAS LUN on the CX4 via fiber, using EMC Powerpath.
I want to P2V that server, but once it is P2V'd, how do i reconnect the "E" drive? Can the VM also make use of the HBA's that the ESX servers are using? (not sure how I would zone that...)
Can I move the LUN for the server into the same zone as the ESX LUNs and them use an RDM for that VM? If I do that, will VMware reformat that LUN?
Any advice?
Thanks!
Hello and welcome to the forums.
Can I move the LUN for the server into the same zone as the ESX LUNs and them use an RDM for that VM? If I do that, will VMware reformat that LUN?
Yes, this is exactly what you can do. Formatting this storage would only be an issue, if you tried to add the storage as a datastore, as opposed to adding it as a RDM.
Good Luck!
Hello and welcome to the forums.
Can I move the LUN for the server into the same zone as the ESX LUNs and them use an RDM for that VM? If I do that, will VMware reformat that LUN?
Yes, this is exactly what you can do. Formatting this storage would only be an issue, if you tried to add the storage as a datastore, as opposed to adding it as a RDM.
Good Luck!
