Deployment of VMFS and RDM LUN through ESX VSphere and RSM Server (February 2010)

The VMFS LUN is presented to the VMware guest OS. Hence, you can log in to the
VM server and scan or mount the disks using the disk management utility. You can
verify the Virtual Volume type presented to the VMware guest OS from the RSM
Dashboard -> Host Volume. In this case, the size of the VMFS LUN is 50 GB and is
mounted on the G: drive.
Figure 26 RSM dashboard
RSM enables you to perform various replication tasks on the VMFS LUN. For
detailed information, see HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager
administrator guide at:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/repsolmgr/index.html
Configuring the RDM LUN
This section provides instructions for configuring the RDM LUN. To present the RDM
LUN to the VM guest OS and mount as a disk drive:
1. Create a virtual disk using RSM and present it to the ESX 4 server.
2. Right click VM Guest OS in VSphere 4.
3. Click Edit Settings.
4. Click Add.
The Add Hardware window is displayed.