Raw Device Mapping (RDM) Disks
To create an RDM disk using
CreateVM_Task
, use a LUN that is not occupied and thus is still available. Developers sometimes use the same LUN uuid
that is available in the configInfo
object, which can cause errors because the LUN uuid
is datastore specific.Call
QueryConfigTarget
to fetch the ConfigTarget.ScsiDisk.Disk.CanonicalName
property, set in VirtualDiskRawDiskMappingVer1BackInfo.deviceName
. Also call QueryConfigTarget
to fetch ConfigTarget.ScsiDisk.Disk.uuid
, set in VirtualDiskRawDiskMappingVer1BackInfo.lunUuid
. When creating the virtual machine, avoid host-specific properties of configInfo
, which should be set according to host configuration where the virtual machine is restored.