Administrator Guide

• To automatically choose a Storage Center based on capacity and performance, click Recommend a Storage Center. The
recommended Storage Center appears in the Storage Center drop-down menu.
9. To congure advanced volume mapping options, click Advanced Mapping.
10. To congure the volume creation settings, click Volume Settings. In the Volume Settings dialog box appears, modify the
options as needed, then click OK.
• To specify the name of the volume, type a name in the Name eld.
• To specify the folder in which the volume will be created, select a folder from the Volume Folder area.
• To add notes to the volume, type notes in the Notes eld.
• To schedule snapshot creation and expiration for the volume, apply one or more Snapshot Proles by clicking Change across
from Snapshot Proles.
• If Chargeback is enabled, select the department to charge for storage costs associated with the volume by clicking Change
across from Chargeback Department.
• To enable caching for reads on the volume, select the Enabled check box across from Read Cache.
• To enable caching for writes on the volume, select the Enabled check box across from Write Cache.
• To enable compression on eligible data in the volume, select the Enable check box across from Compression.
• To use specic tiers and RAID levels for volume data, select the appropriate Storage Prole from the Storage Prole drop-
down menu. Using the Recommended Storage Prole allows the volume to take full advantage of data progression.
11. If more than one Storage Type is dened on the Storage Center, select the Storage Type to provide storage from the Storage
Type drop-down menu.
12. Click OK.
Expand a Datastore
Expand a VMware datastore if it is running out of space.
1. Click the Servers view.
2. Select the datastore in the Servers pane.
3. In the right pane, click Expand Datastore. The Expand Datastore dialog box appears.
4. In the New Size eld, type a new size for the datastore.
5. Click OK.
Delete a Volume or Datastore
Delete a volume or datastore if it is no longer needed by the server. Volumes that are not hosted on a Storage Center cannot be
deleted.
1. Click the Servers view.
2. Select the volume or datastore to delete in the Servers pane.
3. In the right pane, click Delete. The Delete Objects dialog box appears.
4. Click OK.
Assigning/Creating Virtual Servers on Storage Centers
Virtual machines that are not automatically managed on a Storage Center must be manually assigned to server objects on the
Storage Center(s) that provide storage.
Assign a Virtual Machine to a Storage Center server object
If a virtual server object has already been created on the Storage Center, assign the virtual server to that object.
1. Click the Servers view.
2. In the Servers pane, select the virtual machine that needs to be assigned to a Storage Center.
3. In the right pane, click Assign to Virtual Server on Storage Center. The Assign SC Server to Virtual Machine dialog box
appears.
4. Select the Storage Center on which to assign the server.
5. Click Next.
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