- 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
Virtual Volumes overview
Virtual Volumes (vVols) are storage objects that are provisioned automatically on a storage container and store VM data.
vVol provisioning
Different management actions generate different vVols that are associated with a VM.
| vVol | Description |
|---|---|
| Data vVol | A data virtual volume corresponds directly to each virtual disk .vmdk file. |
| Config vVol | A configuration virtual volume represents a small directory that contains metadata files for a virtual machine. |
| Memory vVol | A memory virtual volume that holds the contents of virtual machine memory for a snapshot. |
| Swap vVol | A swap virtual volume is created when a VM is first powered on and holds copies of VM memory pages that cannot be retained in memory. |
On the PowerStore cluster, each vVol provisioned in vCenter Server is visible as a vVol in PowerStore Manager. For more information, see Monitoring and managing vVols.
Protocol Endpoints and vVols
A Protocol Endpoint is an internal object in storage systems and appliances that is required for working with vVols.
A PowerStore cluster can manage vVols without a Protocol Endpoint, but the ESXi host cannot access the vVols. To gain access, ESXi hosts communicate with vVols through a Protocol Endpoint. The Protocol Endpoint serves as a logical I/O proxy that enables the ESXi host to establish data paths to vVols and their associated VMs.
PowerStore clusters automatically create and provision Protocol Endpoints when adding an ESXi host.
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