Users Guide

Adding a Datastore Using a New Dell Volume

A datastore can be created from a new Dell volume using the vSphere Web Client Plugin.

1. Select an object in inventory that can be a parent of a datastore:

• Datacenter

• Host

• Cluster

2. Select Actions → All Dell Storage Actions → Add Datastore.

The Add Datastore wizard starts.

3. Select the VMFS datastore type and click Next.

The vSphere Web Client Plugin loads the Storage Center information. If necessary, select one or

more hosts to which to map the new volume, and click Next.

4. Select the Storage Center and/or active controller for volume creation, and click Next.

NOTE: The active controller option is not available if the Storage Center user in Enterprise

Manager only has volume manager privileges.

5. Select Create New Dell Volume, and click Next.

NOTE: The following steps might change depending on the user-preferences settings of the

Storage Center user in Enterprise Manager.

a. Enter the name and size for the new volume, select the volume folder, and click Next.

b. If necessary, select the pagepool to use for creating the volume, and click Next.

c. If necessary, select a Storage Profile for the volume, and click Next.

NOTE: Dell recommends using the Recommended (All Tiers) profile for most volumes.

d. If necessary, select a Replay Profile for the volume, and click Next.

e. Specify the LUN for mapping the volume, and click Next.

f. If necessary, select the file system version, and click Next.

6. If necessary, select the protocol for mapping, and click Next.

7. Enter a name for the datastore and select an inventory location.

If the file system version is VMFS-3, select the maximum file size and block size for the datastore.

8. (Optional) Select Create Replication/Live Volume if you want to replicate the volume data to a

second Storage Center and allow both Storage Centers to process I/O requests for the volume. For

information, see

Live Volume Operations.

9. Click Next.

The Ready to Complete page opens.

10. Click Finish.