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 procedure when:
- You want to create an RDM for a virtual machine, but you do not have access to the vSphere Client
- You want to create an RDM for a LUN presented from an Egenera SAN virtualization device
- The option to create an RDM for a virtual machine is unavailable, even when an eligible storage LUN is presented to the host