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d Specify the category properties. See the following example.
Category Property Example
Category Name Storage Location
Description Category for tags related to location of storage
Tags Per Object Many tags
Associable Object Types Datastore and Datastore Cluster
e Click OK.
2 Create a storage tag.
a On the Tags tab, click Tags.
b Click the Add Tag icon.
c Specify the properties for the tag. See the following example.
Tag Property Example
Name Texas
Description Datastore located in Texas
Category Storage Location
d Click OK.
3 Apply the tag to the datastore.
a Navigate to the datastore.
b Right-click the datastore, and select Tags & Custom Attributes > Assign Tag.
c From the list of tags, select an appropriate tag, for example, Texas in the Storage Location
category, and click Assign.
The new tag is assigned to the datastore and appears on the datastore Summary tab in the Tags pane.
What to do next
When creating a VM storage policy, you can reference the tag to include the tagged datastore in the list of
compatible storage resources. See Create Storage-Specific Rules for a VM Storage Policy.
Or you can exclude the tagged datastore from the VM storage policy. For example, your VM storage
policy can include Virtual Volumes datastores located in Taxes and California, but exclude datastores
located in Nevada.
To learn more about how to use tags in VM storage policies, watch the following video.
Using Tags in Storage Policies
(http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid2296383276001?
bctid=ref:video_tags_in_datastores_webclient)
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