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policy. You cannot edit this policy, but you can designate a newly created policy as default.
Define a VM Storage Policy for Virtual Volumes
You can create a VM storage policy compatible with a virtual datastore.
Prerequisites
Verify that the Virtual Volumes storage provider is available and active. See “Register Storage Providers for
Virtual Volumes,” on page 222.
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client Home, click Policies and  > VM Storage Policies.
2 Click the Create a new VM storage policy icon.
3 Select the vCenter Server instance.
4 Type a name and a description for the storage policy and click Next.
5 On the Rule Set page, select the Virtual Volumes storage provider from the Rules based on data
services drop-down menu.
The page expands to show data services provided by the Virtual Volumes storage resource.
6 Select a data service to include and specify its value.
Make sure that the values you provide are within the range of values advertised by the Virtual Volumes
prole.
Based on your input, the storage consumption mechanism calculates the amount of space required for a
virtual disk that will reside on the virtual datastore.
7 Complete the creation of the storage policy and click Finish.
The new VM storage policy compatible with Virtual Volumes appears on the list.
What to do next
You can now associate this policy with a virtual machine, or designate the policy as default.
Assign the Virtual Volumes Storage Policy to Virtual Machines
To guarantee that the virtual datastore fullls specic storage requirements when allocating a virtual
machine, associate the Virtual Volumes storage policy with the virtual machine.
You can assign the Virtual Volumes storage policy during an initial deployment of a virtual machine, or
when performing other virtual machine operations, such as cloning or migrating. This topic describes how
to assign the Virtual Volumes storage policy when you create a new virtual machine. For information about
other VM provisioning methods, see the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration documentation.
You can apply the same storage policy to the virtual machine conguration le and all its virtual disks. If
storage requirements for your virtual disks and the conguration le are dierent, you can associate
dierent storage policies with the VM conguration le and the selected virtual disks.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, start the virtual machine provisioning process and follow appropriate steps.
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