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What are my options for backing up raw device mappings (RDMs) in VMware? - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>What are my options for backing up raw device mappings in VMware?</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p><br>VMware supports 2 types of Raw Device Mappings (RDMs): </p> <ol><li>Virtual RDMs (vRDMs)</li> <li>Physical RDMs (pRDMs)</li> </ol> Virtual Machines (VMs) with vRDMs can be protected by normal VMware Backups and require no special changes.<br><br>For VMs with pRDMs, an Unitrends agent (according to the guest operating system of the VM) needs to be installed in the guest and the pRDM can be protected accordingly.<br>Eg: If a VM has 3 disks and one of them is a pRDM, then, the 2 disks can be protected using Unitrends' <i>vprotect</i> Backups and the pRDM can be protected by installing an agent in the guest.<br><br> </article> </main>