{"id":4197,"date":"2015-07-18T21:05:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=4197"},"modified":"2015-07-18T21:05:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T05:05:02","slug":"vsphere-replication-and-virtual-raw-device-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=4197","title":{"rendered":"vSphere Replication and Virtual Raw Device&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>vSphere Replication and Virtual Raw Device Mappings<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1Ke7b0V' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/d3utlhu53nfcwz.cloudfront.net\/171901\/cdnImage\/article\/9590d748-8f1f-4d02-bd94-e2561a7d5c3d\/?size=Box320'><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1Ke7b0V' style='text-decoration: none;' target='_blank'>vSphere Replication and Virtual Raw Device&#8230;<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Some vSphere administrators utilize a storage feature call &#8220;raw device mapping&#8221; or RDM. There are two types of RDM &#8211; virtual RDM and physical RDM. For more information on RDM, please see the vSphere 6.0 Documentation Center. In general, I recommend using VMDK files or Virtual Volumes, but there are certain benefits of RDM. I [\u2026]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/advocacy.vmware.com' target='_blank'>VMware Advocacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>vSphere Replication and Virtual Raw Device Mappings vSphere Replication and Virtual Raw Device&#8230; Some vSphere administrators utilize a storage feature call &#8220;raw device mapping&#8221; or RDM. There are two types of RDM &#8211; virtual RDM and physical RDM. For more information on RDM, please see the vSphere 6.0 Documentation Center. 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