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The only way I can think of is by using an imaging product such as Paragon, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, or Acronis True Image. &nbsp;You can image the LUN as a normal partition. &nbsp;In case of DR you can create a virtual hard drive or another RDM/LUN and restore as you would a normal partition from the system volume.
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The only way I can think of is by using an imaging product such as Paragon, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, or Acronis True Image.  You can image the LUN as a normal partition.  In case of DR you can create a virtual hard drive or another RDM/LUN and restore as you would a normal partition from the system volume.

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Run the following command: vmkfstools -c &lt;size&gt; -d eagerzeroedthick /vmfs/volumes/&lt;mydir&gt;/&lt;myD<wbr />isk&gt;.vmdk<br />

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Run the following command: vmkfstools -c <size> -d eagerzeroedthick /vmfs/volumes/<mydir>/<myDisk>.vmdk


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Just for information sake, what compatibility mode was selected during the selection of RDM, Virtual or Physical Compatibility Mode.?<br />

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Just for information sake, what compatibility mode was selected during the selection of RDM, Virtual or Physical Compatibility Mode.?


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I have a server that is a RAW LUN, and running as a server in VMWare. &nbsp;We have an alternate Data Center and when we have a disaster will need to run this server from a different San and presten it to a host and power on the server. &nbsp; How can I convert a RAW LUN server to a Virtual disk/VMFS? &nbsp;
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I have a server that is a RAW LUN, and running as a server in VMWare.  We have an alternate Data Center and when we have a disaster will need to run this server from a different San and presten it to a host and power on the server.   How can I convert a RAW LUN server to a Virtual disk/VMFS?  

I want to covert a Ran Lun to a Virtual Disk in VMWare

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

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Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.