Add raw device to VM in ESXi

1. Open the vSphere client click on the VMware host on configuration tab under storage in the devices find the identifier of the SSD hard disk, as shown below.

2022年1月11日 — So I've added a disk of one of my Linux machines to my ESXi host, created a new VM and wanted to add the physical disk to the VM as a raw ...

2024年3月18日 — Issue/Introduction. This article provides the command to convert a virtual disk into a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) in an ESXi/ESX environment.

2024年3月21日 — This article provides steps to create Raw Device Maps (RDMs) for virtual machines from the ESX/ESXi command line. You may want to use this ...

We attach the SATA HDDs as a RDM (Raw Device Mapper) into an existing virtual disk in the command line, then on the web app, we attach a new SCSI controller to ...

2019年5月31日 — Raw device mapping (RDM) provides a mechanism for a virtual machine to have direct access to a LUN on the physical storage subsystem.

2022年6月15日 — Hi. I'm trying to figure out RDM with ESXi 7. I have an SATA HDD (ext4) connected and it is shown in the storage devices.

2023年7月2日 — Raw device mapping (RDM) in vSphere provides a mechanism for a virtual machine to have direct access to a LUN on the physical storage ...

Learn more about the pros and cons of raw device mapping, a mapping file that enables a storage LUN to be directly connected to a VM from the SAN.