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25 Dell Virtual Storage Manager: Installation Considerations and Local Data Protection | 2079-BP-V-VSM
1. From the VSM home, under Templates, click ACL Templates.
2. Click the Create ACL Template icon .
3. Provide a name for the new ACL Template and optionally add a description.
4. Click Add, and enter an ACL entry or entries. An ACL entry can consist of either a CHAP user name, IP address,
or iSCSI initiator name or a combination of these. Click OK to save the ACL entry.
5. If the ACL Template requires multiple ACL entries, click Add again and repeat step 4 until the policy has all the
ACL entries required.
Note: If IP-address ACLs are used, include the IP address of all the VMkernel Ports bound to the iSCSI initiator on each
host. If IQN ACLs are used on hosts with dependent or independent HBAs, include the IQN of each HBA used for the
iSCSI from each host.
6. Once the ACL Policy has completed, click OK.
3.3.5.2 Creating an ACL policy from an existing datastore volume
If deploying VSM into an existing environment, there may be existing datastore volumes that have an ACL suitable for
creating an ACL Template.
1. Click VSM Inventory > Datastores, and then right click on the datastore that has a suitable ACL.
2. From the context menu, select All Dell VSM Action > More Uncategorized Actions > Clone ACL from Volume.
3. Provide a suitable name for the cloned ACL Template and optionally add a description.
4. Click OK.
After this process, datastores created with VSM will have the option of selecting the new ACL Template as the ACL
Source in the Access Policy section.