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5 Select the datastore location where you want to store the virtual machine files.
Option Action
Store all virtual machine files in the
same location on a datastore.
a (Optional) Apply a virtual machine storage policy for the virtual
machine home files and the virtual disks from the VM storage policy
drop-down menu.
The list shows which datastores are compatible and which are
incompatible with the selected virtual machine storage policy.
b Select a datastore and click Next.
Store all virtual machine files in the
same datastore cluster.
a (Optional) Apply a virtual machine storage policy for the virtual
machine home files and the virtual disks from the VM storage policy
drop-down menu.
The list shows which datastores are compatible and which are
incompatible with the selected virtual machine storage profile.
b Select a datastore cluster.
c (Optional) If you do not want to use Storage DRS with this virtual
machine, select Disable Storage DRS for this virtual machine and
select a datastore within the datastore cluster.
d Click Next.
Store virtual machine configuration
files and disks in separate
locations.
a Click Advanced.
b For the virtual machine configuration file and for each virtual disk,
click Browse and select a datastore or datastore cluster.
c (Optional) Apply a virtual machine storage policy from the VM
storage profile drop-down menu.
The list shows which datastores are compatible and which are
incompatible with the selected virtual machine storage policy.
d (Optional) If you selected a datastore cluster and do not want to use
Storage DRS with this virtual machine, select Disable Storage DRS for
this virtual machine and select a datastore within the datastore
cluster.
e Click Next.
6 Select the format for the virtual machine's disks.
Option Action
Same format as source
Use the same format as the source virtual machine.
Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed
Create a virtual disk in a default thick format. Space required for the
virtual disk is allocated during creation. Any data remaining on the
physical device is not erased during creation, but is zeroed out on demand
at a later time on first write from the virtual machine.
Thick Provision Eager Zeroed
Create a thick disk that supports clustering features such as Fault
Tolerance. Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time.
In contrast to the thick provision lazy zeroed format, the data remaining
on the physical device is zeroed out during creation. It might take longer
to create disks in this format than to create other types of disks.
Thin Provision
Use the thin provisioned format. At first, a thin provisioned disk uses only
as much datastore space as the disk initially needs. If the thin disk needs
more space later, it can grow to the maximum capacity allocated to it.
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