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For example, a virtual machine has access to the memory and CPU resources of the host on which it
resides. If you select a cluster for the virtual machine, and the administrator has configured the cluster to
take advantage of HA and DRS, the virtual machine will have a greater level of availability.
Procedure
1 Search or browse for the host, cluster, vApp, or resource pool for the virtual machine.
If deploying the virtual machine to the selected location might cause compatibility problems, the
problems appear at the bottom of the window.
2 Click Next.
Select a Datastore
Select the datastore or datastore cluster in which to store the virtual machine configuration files and all its
virtual disks. Each datastore might have a different size, speed, availability, and other properties. The
available datastores are accessible from the destination resource that you selected.
On the Customize hardware page, you can configure the storage. For example, you can add a new hard
disk, apply a virtual machine storage policy, or place the configuration and disk files on separate storage
devices.
The amount of free space in the datastore is always changing. Ensure that you leave sufficient space for
virtual machine creation and other virtual machine operations, such as growth of sparse files, snapshots,
and so on. To review space utilization for the datastore by file type, see the vSphere Monitoring and
Performance documentation.
Procedure
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Select the datastore location where you want to store the virtual machine files.
Option Action
Store all virtual machine files in the
same location on a datastore.
Select a datastore and click Next.
Store all virtual machine files in the
same datastore cluster.
a Select a datastore cluster.
b (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.
c Click Next.
Select the Virtual Machine Compatibility
You can accept the default ESXi host version for this virtual machine or select a different version,
depending on the hosts in your environment.
The default compatibility for this virtual machine is determined by the host on which the virtual machine is
created or by the default compatibility settings on the host, cluster, or data center. You can select a
different compatibility from the default.
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