VMware support

SnapDrive for Windows provides LUN provisioning and Snapshot copy management support with VMware ESX 3.0.2 or later guest OS on x86, and x64 platforms when using either the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator 2.04 or later, FC HBAs, or ESX iSCSI software initiators or iSCSI HBAs.

SnapDrive provides support in the VMware guest OS for the following configurations:

Windows Server 2003 SP2 for x86 and x64 platforms, and Windows Server 2008 for x86, and x64 platforms.
Microsoft cluster configurations up to a maximum of 8 nodes supported on VMware when using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator, or up to 2 nodes using FC.
A maximum of 56 RDM LUNs with four LSI Logic SCSI controllers.

VMware-related limitations
SnapDrive is supported on VMware ESX server; however, there are some limitations you must keep in mind.
Enabling and disabling vCenter or ESX logon from SnapDrive MMC
You can use SnapDrive MMC to enable and disable VMware vCenter or ESX logon settings after SnapDrive is installed on your Windows host.
Minimum vCenter permissions required for SnapDrive operations
The vCenter credentials used by SnapDrive must have minimum permissions set on the host and on the virtual machine to enable SnapDrive operations to succeed.
VMware VMotion support
SnapDrive supports VMware VMotion, which enables the live migration of running virtual machines from one physical machine to another without interrupting service to those machines.

Parent topic: Features supported

Related tasks

Creating an RDM LUN on a guest OS

Connecting to an RDM LUN on a guest OS

Related reference

Minimum SnapDrive requirements for VMware ESX Guest OS

Virtual server commands