Users Guide
Adding a Datastore Using a New Dell Volume
A datastore can be created from a new Dell volume using the vSphere Web Client Plugin.
1. Select an object in inventory that can be a parent of a datastore:
• Datacenter
• Host
• Cluster
2. Select Actions → All Dell Storage Actions → Add Datastore.
The Add Datastore wizard starts.
3. Select the default location for the new datastore or specify a new location. Click Next.
4. Select the VMFS datastore type and click Next.
The vSphere Web Client Plugin loads the Storage Center information. If necessary, select one or
more hosts to which to map the new volume, and click Next.
5. Select the Storage Center and/or active controller for volume creation, and click Next.
NOTE: The active controller option is not available if the Storage Center user in Enterprise
Manager only has volume manager privileges.
6. Select Create New Dell Volume, and click Next.
7. Select among the following steps that pertain to your environment. The steps that apply depend on
the user-preferences settings of the Storage Center user in Enterprise Manager.
a. Type the name and size for the new volume, select the volume folder, and click Next.
b. Select the pagepool to use for creating the volume, and click Next.
c. 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.
d. Select a Replay Profile for the volume, and click Next.
e. Specify the LUN for mapping the volume, and click Next.
f. Select the file system version, and click Next.
8. If necessary, select the protocol for mapping, and click Next.
9. Type a name for the datastore and select an inventory location in the datastore properties.
If the file system version is VMFS-3, select the maximum file size and block size for the datastore.
10. (Optional) Select Create Replication/Live Volume if you want to replicate the volume data to a
second Storage Center and allow both Storage Centers to process I/O requests for the volume. For
information, see
Live Volume Operations..
11. (Optional) Select Replication Options if you want to replicate a datastore. For information, see
Replication Options
12. Click Next.
The Ready to Complete page opens.
13. Click Finish.
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