- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Additional Resources
- Introduction
- Overview of the PowerStore Virtualization Infrastructure
- Virtualization configuration in PowerStore appliances
- Managing virtualization components
- Configure a vCenter server connection and register the VASA provider
- VASA certificate
- Using an external ESXi host with a PowerStore cluster
- Additional VMware software and configuration
- Replicating datastores
- Best practices and limitations
Dell PowerStore Virtualization Infrastructure Guide
Distribute VM clones across an existing PowerStore cluster
To create VM clones on a PowerStore T model or PowerStore Q cluster with multiple appliances, create a base VM on each appliance, migrate the vVols for each base VM to the appropriate appliance, then create VM clones from the base VMs.
Steps
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Use vSphere to create a base VM on each appliance in the cluster.
Use a name for the base VM that reflects the appliance on which the base VM is located. For example, use the name BaseVM-Appliance1 for appliance one and use the name BaseVM-Appliance2 for appliance two.NOTE:If a base VM was not created on the appropriate appliance, use PowerStore Manager to migrate the vVols for the base VM to the correct appliance. For instructions, see Migrate vVols to another appliance (advanced).
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Use vSphere to create VM clones from the base VMs.
Remember to evenly distribute the VM clones across the appliances in the cluster to avoid possible cluster inefficiencies.
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