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23 Dell Virtual Storage Manager: Installation Considerations and Local Data Protection | 2079-BP-V-VSM
2. Enter a Name for the datastore, select the datastore Type VVol, and select the Inventory Location (for
example, Datacenter, Datastore Folder or Datastore Cluster) where the datastore should be placed.
3. Select the cluster or individual host where the vVol datastore should be mounted.
4. From the dropdown menus, select the PS Group and the Storage Pool where the Storage Container backing
the datastore will be created.
5. Enter the Number of Datastores to be created as well as the Container Size. At the bottom of the dialog, there
is a pie chart representing the Storage Pool Capacity and the impact the selections will have on it. Click Next
to continue.
6. The final dialog in Create Datastore is a summary page detailing all the chosen options. Click Finish to
continue. VSM will perform all the steps required, and the vVol datastore will become available within the
vSphere environment.
3.3.3 Resizing a datastore
Virtual environments are in continuous flux, reflecting the ever-changing demands of the businesses they support.
What is expected from storage often shifts from day to day, and the PS Series array architecture is designed to
continuously balance the workload among several arrays. For more information on the PS Series load balancers, see
EqualLogic PS Series Architecture: Load Balancers.
Performance is not the only storage requirement that shifts over time. Often the capacity requirements of a datastore
can change over time as well. VSM enables you to increase the size of a datastore in a minimal number of steps.
1. From the VSM Inventory > Datastores page, highlight the datastore to be resized, and then click the Resize
Dell Datastore icon . Alternatively, right click a datastore and select Resize Dell Datastore from the context
menu.
2. Select a larger Volume Size for the datastore. Optionally, the volume Snapshot Reserve of a datastore can be
altered.
3. Click OK to start the resize task.
Note: It is only possible to increase the size of a datastore.
When VSM finishes increasing the size of the volume on the array and VMFS partition on the volume, additional
capacity on the datastore is available.
vVol datastores can be resized in the same manner.
3.3.4 Deleting a datastore
Occasionally, datastores need to be deleted from the virtual infrastructure. Without VSM, this involved a number of
steps in vCenter, followed by some steps on the array. VSM reduces this procedure to just a few clicks from within
vCenter.
Note: VSM will not delete a datastore that has registered VMs on it.