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тАО01-13-2010 09:21 AM
тАО01-13-2010 09:21 AM
Can you somebody help answer this question for me please.
See this post which I started today
http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1399993
Does the term VMWare virtual disk include SAN storage or does it refer to internal disks on ESX host?
Thanks in advance, points awarded.
Thanks
Simon
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тАО01-13-2010 12:28 PM
тАО01-13-2010 12:28 PM
Re: VMWare Virtual Disk
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тАО01-13-2010 10:34 PM
тАО01-13-2010 10:34 PM
SolutionA VMware virtual disk is simply a file, or set of files that reside in a larger filesystem (vmfs datastore, rdm, etc) accessible to a VMware Server.
The "virtual disk" appears to the guest as it's "physical" disk and is where the Operating System and/or Application and Application Data reside.
This location (the vmfs datastore) may be solely used for 1 particular virtual machine or it may be shared across several/many virtual machines.
Example:
Virtual Machine 1 - Windows 2003 Server (Name of vm)
Windows 2003 Server.vmdk, size 8GB
Windows 2003 Server_1.vmdk, size 20GB
Windows 2003 Server.vmdk shows up as Disk0 and usually holds the C: partition
Windows 2003 Server_1.vmdk would than show up as Disk1 and probably a D: partition (or any other letter) where applications have been installed.
So, in conclusion... these "virtual disk"'s can reside anywhere. Local Storage (internal disks), SAN/NAS Storage, iSCSI Storage, etc.
Steven
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тАО01-14-2010 07:31 AM
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тАО01-14-2010 07:38 AM
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