1.3 Overview

 

The Remote Shared Virtual Disk Protocol enables a client application to access virtual disk files in a shared fashion on a remote server.

The RSVD Protocol supports the following features:

  • Allowing a client to open a shared virtual disk on a remote share.

  • Reading, writing, or closing shared virtual disk files on the target server.

  • Forwarding of raw SCSI commands and receipt of their results.

The Remote Shared Virtual Disk Protocol version 2 additionally enables a client application to create and manage snapshots of shared virtual disk files.