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2 Assign the same storage policy to all virtual machine les and disks.
a On the Select Storage page, select a storage policy from the VM Storage Policy drop-down menu.
Based on its conguration, the storage policy separates all datastores into compatible and
incompatible sets. If the policy references data services oered by a specic storage entity, for
example, Virtual Volumes, the compatible list includes datastores that represent only that type of
storage.
b Select an appropriate datastore from the list of compatible 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 VM storage policy for the virtual disk.
Use this option if requirements for storage placement are dierent for virtual disks. You can also use
this option if you must enable software data services, such as caching and replication, for your 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 storage policy to assign to the virtual
disk.
c (Optional) Change the storage location of the virtual disk.
Use this option to store the virtual disk on a datastore other than the datastore where the VM
conguration le resides.
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.
Change Storage Policy Assignment for Virtual Machine Files and Disks
If your storage requirements for the applications on the virtual machine change, you can edit the storage
policy that was originally applied to the virtual machine.
You can edit the storage policy for a powered-o or powered-on virtual machine.
When changing the VM storage policy assignment, 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, browse to the virtual machine.
2 Click the Manage tab and click Policies.
3 Click Storage.
4 Click Edit VM Storage Policies.
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