Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - Defining a New VM Storage Policy

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Defining a new VM storage policy
Use vSphere web client to define a VM storage policy on the Create New VM Storage Policy
screen.
Figure 15. vSAN storage policy
1. From the vSphere web client, navigate to Policies and Profiles > VM Storage Policies,
and click on Create a new VM storage policy.
 Select a vCenter Server from the dropdown.
 Type a name and a description for the storage policy and click Next.
 On the Rule-Set 1 window, define the first rule set.
2. Select VSAN from the Rules based on data services drop-box.
The page expands to show capabilities reported by the vSAN datastore.
3. Add a rule and supply appropriate values.
 Make sure that the values you provide are within the range of values advertised by
storage capabilities of the vSAN datastore.
 Review the storage consumption model to understand how the rules specified impact the
capacity required.
 (Optional) Add tag-based capabilities.
 (Optional) Add another rule set.
8. Click Next and review the list of datastores that match this policy. Click Finish when done.
 To be eligible, a datastore must satisfy at least one rule set and all rules within this set.
Verify that the vSAN datastore meets the requirements set in the storage policy and that
it appears on the list of compatible datastores.