Users Guide
The Storage Center page opens.
a. Select the Storage Center for volume creation, and click Next.
The Create Storage Volume page opens.
b. Type the name and size for the new volume, select the volume folder, and click Next.
NOTE: The following steps might change depending on the userr-preferences settings of
the Storage Center user in Enterprise Manager.
c. If necessary, select the pagepool to use for creating the volume.
d. If necessary, select a Storage Profile for the volume, and click Next.
e. If necessary, select a Replay Profile for the volume, and click Next.
f. Specify the LUN for mapping the volume, and click Next.
g. If necessary, select the file system version, and click Next.
If the file system version is VMFS-3, select the maximum file size and block size for the file
system.
h. Click Next.
The Datastore Properties page opens.
i. Verify the name and inventory location for the datastore, and click Next.
The Customization page opens.
9. (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.
10. Customize the settings for each virtual machine, click Update, and click Next.
The Ready to Complete page opens.
11. Click Finish.
Related Links
Customization
Datastore Options
Datastore Properties
File System Version
Mapping LUN
Name and Location
Pagepool Selection
Replay Profile
Storage Center
Storage Profile
Template Selection
Volume
Create Virtual Machines to an NFS Datastore Using an Existing NFS Export
Use the Provision Virtual Machines wizard to create (deploy) one or more virtual machines to an NFS
datastore using an existing NFS export.
Prerequisites
This option assumes that you have already created a virtual machine template from which to deploy the
new virtual machines. For information about creating or updating a virtual machine template, refer to the
vSphere help topics on virtual machine templates.
Working with Virtual Machines
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