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There is no direct interface to any disk controller.<br />
VMWare has its own &quot;software emulated IDE/SCSI controller&quot; you address from within the VMWare session. This is then translated to the VMWare disk file.<br />
If the VMWare files reside on the RAID then they are safe.<br />
There is no way (and no need) to install the Promise raid driver into your VMWare.<br />
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Hope it helps,<br />
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Michael<br />

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There is no direct interface to any disk controller.
VMWare has its own "software emulated IDE/SCSI controller" you address from within the VMWare session. This is then translated to the VMWare disk file.
If the VMWare files reside on the RAID then they are safe.
There is no way (and no need) to install the Promise raid driver into your VMWare.

Hope it helps,

Michael


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But, how do I see the raid 5 set and the files stored there. My vmware virtual file is stored on the boot drive. The raid is not the boot drive.
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But, how do I see the raid 5 set and the files stored there. My vmware virtual file is stored on the boot drive. The raid is not the boot drive.

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I have a 2003 R2 server running and want to load Vista 64 or XP into vmware and be able to see my Promise raid card. <br />
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I have XP and Vista 64bit load in 2 different vmware virtual files and they are running just fine. But how can I get them to see the raid 5 volume set?<br />
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Thanks
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I have a 2003 R2 server running and want to load Vista 64 or XP into vmware and be able to see my Promise raid card. 

I have XP and Vista 64bit load in 2 different vmware virtual files and they are running just fine. But how can I get them to see the raid 5 volume set?

Thanks

How do I get Vmware to recognize my Promise raid 5 drives?

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.