Unisphere and Unisphere Central 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Create an RDM Volume

You can create a volume, map it to a VMware virtual machine, and create a raw device mapping to the virtual machine in one operation.

1. If a Storage Center is selected from the drop-down list in Unisphere Central, click (Home).
   The Unisphere CentralHome page is displayed.
2. From the STORAGE menu, click Servers.
   The Servers view is displayed.
3. Click the Registered Servers tab.
4. Click on the Server that contains the Virtual Machine.
   The server Summary view opens.
5. Click the Virtual Machines tab.
6. Select the virtual machine on which to create the datastore.
7. Click Create RDM Volume.
   The Create RDM Volume dialog box opens.
8. Select the Storage Center on which to create the volume.
9. To configure advanced volume-mapping options, click Advanced Mapping.
10. Enter a name for the volume in the Volume Name field.
11. Enter the size of the volume in the Configured Size field and select the units of measure from the drop-down menu.
12. Select the folder in which to create the volume from the Volume Folder area.
13. Type notes in the Notes field as needed.
14. To schedule snapshot creation and expiration for the volume, apply one or more Snapshot Profiles by clicking Change across from Snapshot Profiles.
15. To enable compression on eligible data in the volume, select Compression from the Data Reduction Profile drop-down menu.
16. Click OK.