Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Create a Datastore and Map it to VMware ESX Server

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 field.
5. Select 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:
   1. Select a unit of storage from the drop-down menu and type the size for the datastore in the Total Space field.
      The available storage units are bytes, kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).
   2. Select the size limit for virtual disks within the datastore from the Max File Size drop‑down.
   3. Select the Storage Center on which to create the datastore from the Storage Center drop‑down menu.
   4. To specify the folder in which to create the datastore, select a folder from the Volume Folder area.
   5. To add notes to the datastore, type notes in the Notes field.
   6. To specify a snapshot profile, click Change, select a profile in the Select Snapshot Profiles dialog box, and click OK.
   7. To specify a data reduction profile, select a profile from the Data Reduction Profile drop‑down menu.
   8. To use specific tiers and RAID levels for datastore data, select the appropriate Storage Profile from the Storage Profile drop-down menu.
   9. If more than one storage type is defined on the Storage Center, select the storage type to provide storage from the Storage Type drop-down menu.
   10. If you want to specify a custom LUN, restrict mapping paths, configure 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:
   1. Select the Storage Center on which to create the datastore from the Storage Center drop‑down menu.
   2. Select a unit of storage from the drop-down menu and type the size for the datastore in the Size field. The available storage units are bytes, kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).
   3. 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.
   4. If more than one storage type is defined on the Storage Center, select the storage type to provide storage from the Storage Type drop-down menu.
   5. Specify whether to allow compression by selecting or clearing the Compression Allowed checkbox.
   6. Specify whether to allow deduplication by selecting or clearing the Deduplication Allowed checkbox.
   7. Specify whether to allow encryption by selecting or clearing theUse Encryption checkbox.
   8. (Optional) To specify the storage profiles to allow for new datastores, click Change, select the storage profiles to allow from the Select Storage Profile dialog box, and click OK.
   9. Select the default snapshot profile setting from the Default Snapshot Profile drop-down menu.
   10. Select the default data reductions profile setting from the Default Data Reduction Profile drop-down menu.
   11. Select the default storage profile setting from the Default Storage Profile drop-down menu.
   12. Select the default data reduction input setting from the Default Data Reduction Input drop-down menu.
9. Click Finish.