Administrator Guide

d) If more than one storage type is defined on the Storage Center, select the storage type to provide storage from the Storage
Type drop-down menu.
e) Specify whether to allow compression by selecting or clearing the Compression Allowed checkbox.
f) Specify whether to allow deduplication by selecting or clearing the Deduplication Allowed checkbox.
g) Specify whether to allow encryption by selecting or clearing theUse Encryption checkbox.
h) (Optional) To specify the storage profiles to allow for new datastores, click Change, select the storage profiles to allow from the
Select Storage Profile dialog box, and click OK.
i) Select the default snapshot profile setting from the Default Snapshot Profile drop-down menu.
j) Select the default data reductions profile setting from the Default Data Reduction Profile drop-down menu.
k) Select the default storage profile setting from the Default Storage Profile drop-down menu.
l) Select the default data reduction input setting from the Default Data Reduction Input drop-down menu.
9. Click Finish.
Related concepts
Creating Server Volumes and Datastores
View VVol and Datastore Information
The Summary view for a datastore shows details about the datastore.
Select the Servers node in Storage Manager and then select the datastores in the Storage Center hierarchy. To view details about a
datastore, click the datastore name.
The following example shows the Summary view of a datastore.
If the datastore was created with the type VVOL, the VVols tab identifies the virtual volumes stored in the storage container.
Protocol Endpoint Monitoring
You can view details about protocol endpoints that are associated with virtual volumes (VVols).
Protocol endpoints are automatically created when an ESXi 6.0 server is created in Storage Manager. Storage Manager exposes protocol
endpoints in the Storage view. You can use Storage Manager to view protocol endpoint details for vSphere hosts.
The following example shows the protocol endpoints summary information displayed byStorage Manager.
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