Raw Disk Mappings are a pass through disk type that can be used with virtual machines. With an RDM, the logical disk is connected to the VM directly. Instead of being formatted as a VMFS volume, the logical disk is formatted with an OS filesystem. RDMs allow use cases such as sharing a cluster disk between a physical and virtual node in a cluster, or for taking an existing Logical Unit Number (LUN) of data and moving it from a physical host to a virtual machine. Some of the use cases are stop-gap uses that are employed during the transition from physical to virtual drives and this might require you to identify and convert RDMs in your environment. PowerCLI is an excellent way to identify virtual machines with RDMs attached.
PowerCLI Cookbook
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PowerCLI Cookbook
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Overview of this book
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
PowerCLI Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Configuring the Basic Settings of an ESXi Host with PowerCLI
Configuring vCenter and Computing Clusters
Managing Virtual Machines
Working with Datastores and Datastore Clusters
Creating and Managing Snapshots
Managing Resource Pools, Reservations, and Limits for Virtual Machines
Creating Custom Reports and Notifications for vSphere
Performing ESXCLI and in-guest Commands from PowerCLI
Managing DRS and Affinity Groups using PowerCLI
Working with vCloud Director from PowerCLI
Setting up and Configuring vCloud Director
Index
Customer Reviews