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Procedure
1 On the Rule Set page, select a storage provider, for example, Virtual SAN or Virtual Volumes, from the
Rules based on data services drop-down menu.
The page expands to show data services provided by the storage resource.
2 Select a data service to include and specify its value.
Verify that the values you provide are within the range of values that the data services prole of the
storage resource advertises.
Based on your input, the storage consumption mechanism calculates the amount of space that is
required for a virtual disk that will reside on this storage entity.
3 (Optional) Add tag-based rules.
4 Click Next.
Add or Edit Tag-Based Rules
When you dene or edit a storage policy for virtual machines, you can create or modify a rule that
references tags that you used for particular datastores. The datastores become compatible with that type of
storage policy.
You can add tag-based rules to a rule set that includes storage-specic rules, or create a separate rule set
with only tag-based rules. When you use tags in the policies, follow these guidelines:
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If the rule set contains other storage-specic rules, the datastore with the assigned tag must satisfy all of
the rules in the rule set.
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If you add several tags from the same category within the same rule, the tags are treated as alternative
constraints. Either of the tags can be satised.
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If you add the tags in separate rules within the same rule set, all tags must be satised.
Prerequisites
Create storage tags and apply them to datastores. See “Assign Tags to Datastores,” on page 231.
Procedure
1 On the Rule Set page, add or edit a tag-based rule:
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To add a rule, click the Add tag-based rule buon.
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To modify an existing rule, select the rule and click the Modify rule icon.
2 Specify a category.
3 Make a tag selection or edit an existing selection.
Datastores that use the tags that you selected are compatible with the storage policy.
Finish VM Storage Policy Creation
You can review the list of datastores that are compatible with the VM storage policy and change any storage
policy seings.
Procedure
1 On the Storage Compatibility page, review the list of datastores that match this policy and click Next.
To be eligible, the datastore must satisfy at least one rule set and all rules within this set.
2 Review the storage policy seings and make changes by clicking Back to go back to the relevant page.
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