Administrator Guide

IP Change Action Required
networking properties on the host. Then follow the Dell Storage Manager
procedure for deleting existing certificates and restart the Storage Manager.
After the restart, re-register the VASA Provider.
FQDN changes on Windows or Virtual Appliance If certificates are already using FQDN and you want to change the FQDN,
unregister VASA Provider first. Then make changes to the name lookup
service or Storage Manager host (or both) for the new FQDN. Then follow
the old procedure for deleting certificates and restart Storage Manager.
Re-register VASA Provider after Storage Manager is running.
NOTE: Failure to unregister the VASA Provider before making changes
in name lookup service results in initialization errors on vCenter for
certain services and causes VASA registration to fail.
Switching from FQDN to IP Address on
DellStorage Manager
If you want to stop using FQDN and go back to using IP addresses,
unregister the VASA Provider first. Then make changes to the name lookup
service or Storage Manager host (or both) to remove FQDN configuration.
Restart Storage Manager for the changes to take effect and register VASA
Provider again.
NOTE: Failure to unregister the VASA Provider before making changes
in name lookup service results in initialization errors on vCenter for
certain services and causes VASA registration to fail.
Managing Storage Containers
A storage container is a pool of storage that is used in a VMware environment that supports VVols. Storage containers can be
created using the following methods:
● From the Storage view in the Navigation pane of Storage Manager, select Volumes. Use the Create Storage Container
function to create the storage container and specify its settings.
● From the Servers view in the Navigation pane of Storage Manager, select Servers. Use the Create Datastore function to
create a datastore of the type VVOL. When you create a datastore using this function, you can also create a new storage
container to be associated with the datastore, or map to an existing storage container to be associated with the datastore.
NOTE: This is the recommended method.
After a storage container has been created, you can use vCenter to create a datastore and map it (mount it) to the storage
container. The datastore can then be used to create VVol-based VMs.
Details about storage containers and VVols are shown in the Summary tab when you select the Severs node.
How Storage Container Options Affect vCenter Advertised Capabilities
Creating a storage container includes specifying options such as the use of compression, deduplication, encryption, snapshots
and Storage Center Storage Profiles. These options are advertised as capabilities to vCenter. The following VASA version 2.0
system storage capabilities are supported by Storage Manager, and are shown on the vCenter Summary tab under Capability
Sets and in Default Profiles in vCenter for individual datastores.
● compression
● dedupe
● encryption
● snapshotCapable
● SCstorageProfile
NOTE: These capabilities apply only to VVol datastores. They do not apply to legacy VMFS datastores.
A VMware administrator can use storage capabilities to create VM Storage Policies in vCenter.
Related tasks
Create a Datastore and Map it to VMware ESX Server on page 164
Managing Virtual Volumes With Storage Manager
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