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1. Re: Specifying PVSCSI Controller in physical mode in ovf file
samdoyle May 7, 2014 11:57 AM (in response to swathis)Should be BusNumber e.g.
<rasd:BusNumber>0</rasd:BusNumber>
S.D.
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2. Re: Specifying PVSCSI Controller in physical mode in ovf file
swathis May 7, 2014 12:19 PM (in response to samdoyle)I understood the bus number to be the controller number. This is what the VMStudio documentation states
rasd:BusNumber– The controller number. Controller 0 on hard drive 0 is defined to be the boot device.Four controllers are supported (0‐3). This doesn't talk about whether the bus sharing is physical or virtual.
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3. Re: Specifying PVSCSI Controller in physical mode in ovf file
samdoyle May 7, 2014 2:02 PM (in response to swathis)It doesn't appear to be a way at the moment (that I'm aware of). Although, it is possible there is a specific property on ESX which I am personally not aware of that could be supplied. I will see if I can find someone who is more familiar with it.
The other alternative is through the client settings:
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4. Re: Specifying PVSCSI Controller in physical mode in ovf file
swathis Jul 1, 2014 11:09 AM (in response to swathis)Adding the following to the ovf file along with config for pvscsi controller, the pvscsi controller gets created in shared mode.
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="sharedBus" vmw:value="virtualSharing" />