the vm with shared storage or vm with RDM can be cloned、vmotioned or snapshoted?

[notjay]

I am very confused .WHO can tell me it exactly.3Q

[SavkoorSuhas]

For a VM to be vMotioned (Live migrate) a shared storage is required.

If a VM is presented with RDM in physical mode, then snapshot feature is not available.

If a VM is presented with RDM in virtual mode, then snapshot feature is available.

For vMotion of VM with RDM:
VMware KB: Migrating virtual machines with Raw Device Mappings (RDMs)

Suhas

[carinimrc]

A CLONE is a exact copy of an existing VM.

You have 2 different type of clone:

1) FULL CLONE - full clone is an independent copy of a VM

2) LINKED CLONE - The existing VM is a parent of the clone. When you clone a VM, the clone is a separate VM that share virtual disks with the parent VM

You can clone a VM if a VM with physical RDM support snapshots (during the clone process a snapshot will be taken)

for vMotion I suggest you to read this KB:

VMware KB: Migrating virtual machines with Raw Device Mappings (RDMs)

I hope this helped

Marco

[notjay]

is right??