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4 On the Select storage page, select the datastore or datastore cluster in which to store the virtual
machine configuration files and all of the virtual disks. Click Next.
a Select the format for the virtual machine's disks.
Option Action
Same format as source Use the same format as the source virtual machine.
Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed Create a virtual disk in a default thick format. Space required for the virtual
disk is allocated during creation. Any data remaining on the physical device is
not erased during creation, but is zeroed out on demand at a later time on first
write from the virtual machine.
Thick Provision Eager Zeroed Create a thick disk that supports clustering features such as Fault Tolerance.
Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time. In contrast to
the thick provision lazy zeroed format, the data remaining on the physical
device is zeroed out during creation. It might take longer to create disks in this
format than to create other types of disks.
Thin Provision Use the thin provisioned format. At first, a thin provisioned disk uses only as
much datastore space as the disk initially needs. If the thin disk needs more
space later, it can grow to the maximum capacity allocated to it.
b (Optional) Select a storage policy from the VM Storage Policy drop-down menu.
Storage policies specify storage requirements for applications that run on the virtual machine.
c Select the datastore location where you want to store the virtual machine files.
Your selection affects the storage creation process.
Option Action
Store all virtual machine files in the
same location on a datastore.
1 (Optional) Apply a virtual machine storage policy for the virtual machine
home files and the virtual disks from the VM storage policy drop-down
menu.
The list shows which datastores are compatible and which are
incompatible with the selected virtual machine storage policy.
2 Select a datastore and click Next.
Store all virtual machine files in the
same datastore cluster.
1 (Optional) Apply a virtual machine storage policy for the virtual machine
home files and the virtual disks from the VM storage policy drop-down
menu.
The list shows which datastores are compatible and which are
incompatible with the selected virtual machine storage profile.
2 Select a datastore cluster.
3 (Optional) If you do not want to use Storage DRS with this virtual machine,
select Disable Storage DRS for this virtual machine and select a
datastore within the datastore cluster.
4 Click Next.
Store virtual machine configuration
files and disks in separate locations.
1 Click Advanced.
2 For the virtual machine configuration file and for each virtual disk, click
Browse and select a datastore or datastore cluster.
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