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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
Adding NFS Datastores to Stage Manager
YoucanaddNFSdatastoresbyattachingthemtoyourESXServerhoststhrough
VirtualCenter .
Adding Media Stores to Stage Manager
AddingamediastoreinvolvesenablinganNFSdatastoreintheDatastorestabfor
mediaandthenaddingthemediastoreintheMediaStorestab.Youcanusethesame
NFSdatastoreformediaandvirtualmachines.
To add a media store
1ClickResourcesintheleftpane.
2IntheDatastorestab,movethepointer
overanNFSdatastoreandchooseEnable
Mediafromthemenu.
3IntheMediaStorestab,clicktheAddMediaStorebutton.
4Providemediastoredetails:
 Namethatcontainsalphanumericcharacters(a–z,A–Z,0–9),hyphens,
underscores,orperiods
 DatastorenameinVirtualCenter
 Pathrelativetothemountpoint
5ClickOK.
Themediastoreappearsenabledonthetab.
Removing Datastores
Removalofadatastoredeletesallvirtualmachines,mediastores,ormediafilesfrom
theStage Managerdatabase.
Youcannotremoveadatastoreuntilyoucompletethesetasks:
 DisconnectthedatastoreinVirtualCenter.
Forexample,ifthedatastoreisconnectedtothreehostsmanagedby
Stage Manager,disconnectthedatastorefromallthreehoststhrough
VirtualCenter .
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OTETheoperationdoesnotdeletefilesintheactualdatastore.