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Table Of Contents
- IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and vCloud Director
- Contents
- IaaS Configuration for vCloud Air and vCloud Director
- Updated Information
- Using the Goal Navigator
- Provisioning with vCloud Air or vCloud Director vApps
- Configuring IaaS for vApps
- Configuring IaaS for vCloud Air or vCloud Director Checklist
- Using Custom Properties in vApp Machine Provisioning, Blueprints, and Build Profiles
- Bringing Resources Under vRealize Automation Management
- Configure Machine Prefixes
- Create a Business Group for vCloud Provisioning
- vCloud Reservations
- Optional Configurations
- Preparing for vApp Provisioning
- Creating vApp and vApp Component Blueprints
- Configuring Advanced Blueprint Settings
- Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs
- Machine Life Cycle and Workflow States for vCloud Air or vCloud Director vApps
2 Assign a Storage Reservation Policy to a Datastore
After the storage reservation policy is created, populate it with datastores. A datastore can belong to
only one storage reservation policy. Add multiple datastores to create a group of datastores for use
with a blueprint.
Create a Storage Reservation Policy
When you create a storage reservation policy, you are creating an empty container that you use to group
datastores that have similar characteristics, such as speed or price.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a fabric administrator.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Reservations > Reservation Policies.
2 Click New Storage Reservation Policy.
3 Enter a name and, optionally, a description.
4
Click the Save icon ( ).
Assign a Storage Reservation Policy to a Datastore
After the storage reservation policy is created, populate it with datastores. A datastore can belong to only
one storage reservation policy. Add multiple datastores to create a group of datastores for use with a
blueprint.
Prerequisites
Create a storage reservation policy.
Procedure
1 Select Infrastructure > Compute Resources > Compute Resources.
2 Point to a compute resource and click Edit.
3 Click the Configuration tab.
4 Locate the datastore to add to your storage reservation policy in the Storage table.
5
Click the Edit icon (
).
6 Select your storage reservation policy from the Storage Reservation Policy column drop-down
menu.
7
Click the Save icon ( ).
8 Click OK.
9 (Optional) Assign additional datastores to your storage reservation policy.
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