Administrator Guide

Creating VVol Datastores
Storage containers must rst be dened on the Storage Center before vCenter can use the storage container. After a storage container is
created, vCenter is able to create VVol-based VMs in the storage container. When you use the Create Datastore action using Storage
Manager, you create datastores of the type VVOL and specify the storage container to hold the datastore.
Create a Datastore or Storage Container and Map it to
VMware vSphere
You can create a datastore, map it to a VMware ESX environment, and mount it to the cluster in one operation.
1 Click the Servers view.
2 In the Servers pane, select the VMware ESXi cluster or host on which to create the datastore.
3 In the right pane, click Create Datastore.
The Create Datastore dialog box opens.
4 Type a name for the datastore in the Datastore Name eld.
5 Select the radio button of the type of datastore to create:
• Standard Datastore (VMFS)
• VVol Datastore
6 Click Next.
7 If you selected Standard Datastore (VMFS), complete the following steps:
a Select a unit of storage from the drop-down menu and type the size for the datastore in the Total Space eld.
The available storage units are bytes, kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).
b Select the size limit for virtual disks within the datastore from the Max File Size drop‑down.
c Select the Storage Center on which to create the datastore from the Storage Center drop‑down menu.
d To specify the folder in which to create the datastore, select a folder from the Volume Folder area.
e To add notes to the datastore, type notes in the Notes eld.
f To specify a snapshot prole, click Change, select a prole in the Select Snapshot Proles dialog box, and click OK.
g To specify a data reduction prole, select a prole from the Data Reduction Prole drop‑down menu.
h To use specic tiers and RAID levels for datastore data, select the appropriate Storage Prole from the Storage Prole drop-
down menu.
i 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.
j If you want to specify a custom LUN, restrict mapping paths, congure multipathing, or make the datastore read-only, click
Advanced Mapping.
8 If you selected VVol Datastore, select the radio button for the storage container to use for the VVol datasore
• Use Existing New Storage Container – If you selected this option, a list of existing storage containers is displayed. Select the
storage container to use and click Finish.
• Create a New Storage Container – If you selected this option, complete the following steps:
a Select the Storage Center on which to create the datastore from the Storage Center drop‑down menu.
b Select a unit of storage from the drop-down menu and type the size for the datastore in the Size eld. The available storage
units are bytes, kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).
c To specify the folder in which to create a datastore, click Change, select a folder from the Select Volume Folder dialog box, and
click OK.
d 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.
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 proles to allow for new datastores, click Change, select the storage proles to allow from the
Select Storage Prole dialog box, and click OK.
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