Users Guide

10. Customize the settings for each virtual machine, click Update, and click Next.
The Ready to Complete page opens.
11. Click Finish.
Related reference
Customization
Datastore Lookup
Datastore Options
Name and Location
Template Selection
Deploy Virtual Machines to a New VMFS Datastore
Use the Create Virtual Machines wizard to deploy one or more virtual machines to a new datastore.
Prerequisites
A virtual machine template must be created from which new virtual machines can be deployed. For information about creating or updating
a virtual machine template, refer to the vSphere help topics on virtual machine templates.
NOTE: The options that appear when deploying a virtual machine change depending on the volume preferences of the
Storage Manager user defined in the vSphere Web Client Plugin.
Steps
1. Select an object that can be the parent of a virtual machine:
• Datacenter
• Host
• Cluster
2. Select Actions > All Dell Storage Actions > Provision Virtual Machines.
The Provision Virtual Machines wizard starts and the Select Operation page opens.
3. Select Create Virtual Machine.
If you selected a datacenter in step 1, the Host/Cluster page opens. If you selected a host or cluster in step 1, the Template Selection
page opens.
4. If the Host/Cluster page opens, select the host or cluster on which to run the virtual machines, and click Next.
The Template Selection page opens.
5. Select a virtual machine template from the list, and click Next.
The Name and Location page opens.
6. Specify a base name for the VMs, the number of VMs to create, and an inventory location for the new virtual machines, and click
Next.
7. If necessary, specify the resource pool within which to run the virtual machines, and click Next.
The Select Datastore Options page opens.
8. Select Create VMFS Datastore, and click Next.
The Storage Center page opens.
9. Select the Storage Center for volume creation, and click Next
The Create Storage Volume page opens.
10. Type the name and size for the new volume, select the volume folder, and click Next
11. Select the following steps that pertain to your environment. The steps that apply depend on the user-preferences settings of the
Storage Center user in Storage Manager.
a) Select the pagepool to use for creating the volume.
b) Select the storage options for this volume.
• Select a Storage Profile for the volume. Dell recommends using the Recommended (All Tiers) profile for most volumes.
• If your storage system contains multiple disk folders, select a Disk Folder from the drop-down menu.
Click Next.
c) Select a snapshot Profile for the volume, and click Next.
d) Specify the LUN for mapping the volume, and click Next.
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