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Group VMFS or NFS Datastores in the vSphere Client
If you use the vCenter Server system to manage your hosts, group datastores into folders. This allows you to
organize your datastores according to business practices and to assign the same permissions and alarms on
the datastores in the group at one time.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client.
2 If necessary, create the datastores.
3 In the Inventory panel, choose Datastores.
4 Select the datacenter containing the datastores to group.
5 In the shortcut menu, click the New Folder icon.
6 Give the folder a descriptive name.
7 Click and drag each datastore onto the folder.
Delete VMFS Datastores in the vSphere Client
You can delete any type of VMFS datastore, including copies that you have mounted without resignaturing.
When you delete a datastore, it is destroyed and disappears from all hosts that have access to the datastore.
NOTE The datastore delete operation permanently deletes all files associated with virtual machines on the
datastore. Although you can delete the datastore without unmounting, it is preferable that you unmount the
datastore first.
Prerequisites
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Open a vSphere Client connection to a vCenter Server.
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Remove all virtual machines from the datastore.
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Make sure that no other host is accessing the datastore.
Procedure
1 Display the datastores.
2 Right-click the datastore to delete and click Delete.
3 Confirm that you want to delete the datastore.
Create a Diagnostic Partition in the vSphere Client
You can create a diagnostic partition for your host.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client and select the host from the Inventory panel.
2 Click the Configuration tab and click Storage in the Hardware panel.
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