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2 Assign the same storage policy to all virtual machine les and disks.
a On the Select Storage page, select the storage policy compatible with Virtual Volumes, for example
VVols Silver, from the VM Storage Policy drop-down menu.
b Select the virtual datastore from the list of available datastores and click Next.
The datastore becomes the destination storage resource for the virtual machine conguration le and all
virtual disks.
3 Change the storage policy for the virtual disk.
Use this option if requirements for storage placement are dierent for virtual disks.
a On the Customize Hardware page, expand the New hard disk pane.
b From the VM storage policy drop-down menu, select the appropriate storage policy, for example
VVols Gold, that you want to assign to the virtual disk.
4 Complete the virtual machine provisioning process.
After you create the virtual machine, the Summary tab displays the assigned storage policies and their
compliance status.
What to do next
If storage placement requirements for the conguration le or the virtual disks change, you can later modify
the virtual policy assignment. See “Change Storage Policy Assignment for Virtual Machine Files and Disks,”
on page 238.
Change Default Storage Policy for a Virtual Datastore
For virtual machines provisioned on virtual datastores, VMware provides a default No Requirements policy.
You cannot edit this policy, but you can designate a newly created policy as default.
Prerequisites
Create a storage policy compatible with Virtual Volumes.
Procedure
1 Browse to the virtual datastore whose default storage policy you want to change.
2 Click the Manage tab, and click .
3 Click General, and click Edit in the Default Storage Policy pane.
4 From the list of available storage policies, select a policy that you want to designate as default and click
OK.
The selected storage policy becomes the default policy for the virtual datastore. vSphere assigns this policy
to any virtual machine objects that you provision on the virtual datastore when no other policy is explicitly
selected.
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