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Creating a Datastore Cluster 91
Initial Placement and Ongoing Balancing 92
Storage Migration Recommendations 92
Create a Datastore Cluster 92
Enable and Disable Storage DRS 93
Set the Automation Level for Datastore Clusters 93
Setting the Aggressiveness Level for Storage DRS 94
Datastore Cluster Requirements 95
Adding and Removing Datastores from a Datastore Cluster 96
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Using Datastore Clusters to Manage Storage Resources 97
Using Storage DRS Maintenance Mode 97
Applying Storage DRS Recommendations 99
Change Storage DRS Automation Level for a Virtual Machine 100
Set Up Off-Hours Scheduling for Storage DRS 100
Storage DRS Anti-Affinity Rules 101
Clear Storage DRS Statistics 104
Storage vMotion Compatibility with Datastore Clusters 105
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Using NUMA Systems with ESXi 107
What is NUMA? 107
How ESXi NUMA Scheduling Works 108
VMware NUMA Optimization Algorithms and Settings 109
Resource Management in NUMA Architectures 110
Using Virtual NUMA 110
Specifying NUMA Controls 112
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Advanced Attributes 115
Set Advanced Host Attributes 115
Set Advanced Virtual Machine Attributes 118
Latency Sensitivity 120
About Reliable Memory 120
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Fault Definitions 123
Virtual Machine is Pinned 124
Virtual Machine not Compatible with any Host 124
VM/VM DRS Rule Violated when Moving to another Host 124
Host Incompatible with Virtual Machine 124
Host has Virtual Machine that Violates VM/VM DRS Rules 124
Host has Insufficient Capacity for Virtual Machine 124
Host in Incorrect State 124
Host has Insufficient Number of Physical CPUs for Virtual Machine 125
Host has Insufficient Capacity for Each Virtual Machine CPU 125
The Virtual Machine is in vMotion 125
No Active Host in Cluster 125
Insufficient Resources 125
Insufficient Resources to Satisfy Configured Failover Level for HA 125
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