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.