TAM Lab 078 - Migrating & Converting RDMs to VMDKs
Raw Device Mappings (RDMs) can be difficult to work with when managing a virtual datacenter and with the latest vSphere storage capabilities you may not need RDMs any longer. Join Steve Tilkens (@stevetilkens) as he gets hands-on with RDMs and demonstrates how to migrate VMs with RDMs and convert RDMs to VMDKs.
Migrating virtual machines with Raw Device Mappings (RDMs) (1005241) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1005241
Difference between Physical compatibility RDMs and Virtual compatibility RDMs (2009226) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2009226
Create Virtual Machines with RDMs - https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSp...
vSphere 7 RDM to Shared VMDK migration - https://storagehub.vmware.com/t/vsphe...
ESXi/ESX hosts with visibility to RDM LUNs being used by MSCS/WSFC nodes with RDMs may take a long time to start or during LUN rescan (1016106) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1016106
Using the Perennially Reserved Flag for WSFC RDMs - https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblock...