Use the Add Multiple Datastore wizard to add Dell storage as datastores.
Prerequisites
The active
controller option is not available if the user in Storage Manager only has volume manager
privileges.
The SAS mapping
protocol selection is available only on Storage Centers that support Front-end SAS: Series and SC4020Storage Centers.
The options
for selecting the VMFS versions depend on the version of ESXi that
is running on the host.
About this task
When you add
multiple datastores, you create multiple Dell volumes on the Storage Center. See Introduction to Dell Storage for details about
Dell volumes.
Steps
Select an object in inventory that can be a parent of datastores:
Select the and/or active controller for volume creation, and
click Next.
The Select Action Type page opens.
Select Create New Dell Volume, and click Next.
Select from the following steps that pertain to your environment: The
steps that apply depend on the user-preferences settings of the user
in Storage Manager.
Type the name and size for the new volume, select the volume folder,
and click Next.
Select the pagepool to use for creating the volume.
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.
Select a Data Reduction Profile from the list or select None.
Click Change next to Volume QoS Profile Default and select a new QoS Profile.
Click Next.
Select a Snapshot Profile
for the volume, and click Next.
Specify the LUN for mapping the volume, and click Next.
Select the VMFS version, and click Next.
NOTE: : The option to select the VMFS version is shown only if the host is
running ESXi 6.0 or 6.5.
If necessary, select the protocol for mapping, and click Next.
NOTE: : If FE-SAS is supported on the , the SAS option
is listed as available.
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.
Click Next.
The Create Multiple
Datastores page opens.
Type the number of datastores to create, and type the number from
which to start the numbering of volume names and datastore names.
(Optional) Select a datastore and click Edit to open the Datastore Properties dialog box,
from which you change the volume name, datastore name, and datastore
size.
Click Next.
The Ready to Complete page opens.
Click Finish.
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