Administrator Guide
• To automatically choose a Storage Center based on capacity and performance, click Recommend a Storage Center. The
recommended Storage Center appears in the Storage Center drop-down menu.
9. To congure advanced volume mapping options, click Advanced Mapping.
10. To congure the volume creation settings, click Volume Settings. In the Volume Settings dialog box appears, modify the
options as needed, then click OK.
• To specify the name of the volume, type a name in the Name eld.
• To specify the folder in which the volume will be created, select a folder from the Volume Folder area.
• To add notes to the volume, type notes in the Notes eld.
• To schedule snapshot creation and expiration for the volume, apply one or more Snapshot Proles by clicking Change across
from Snapshot Proles.
• If Chargeback is enabled, select the department to charge for storage costs associated with the volume by clicking Change
across from Chargeback Department.
• To enable caching for reads on the volume, select the Enabled check box across from Read Cache.
• To enable caching for writes on the volume, select the Enabled check box across from Write Cache.
• To enable compression on eligible data in the volume, select the Enable check box across from Compression.
• To use specic tiers and RAID levels for volume data, select the appropriate Storage Prole from the Storage Prole drop-
down menu. Using the Recommended Storage Prole allows the volume to take full advantage of data progression.
11. If more than one Storage Type is dened on the Storage Center, select the Storage Type to provide storage from the Storage
Type drop-down menu.
12. Click OK.
Expand a Datastore
Expand a VMware datastore if it is running out of space.
1. Click the Servers view.
2. Select the datastore in the Servers pane.
3. In the right pane, click Expand Datastore. The Expand Datastore dialog box appears.
4. In the New Size eld, type a new size for the datastore.
5. Click OK.
Delete a Volume or Datastore
Delete a volume or datastore if it is no longer needed by the server. Volumes that are not hosted on a Storage Center cannot be
deleted.
1. Click the Servers view.
2. Select the volume or datastore to delete in the Servers pane.
3. In the right pane, click Delete. The Delete Objects dialog box appears.
4. Click OK.
Assigning/Creating Virtual Servers on Storage Centers
Virtual machines that are not automatically managed on a Storage Center must be manually assigned to server objects on the
Storage Center(s) that provide storage.
Assign a Virtual Machine to a Storage Center server object
If a virtual server object has already been created on the Storage Center, assign the virtual server to that object.
1. Click the Servers view.
2. In the Servers pane, select the virtual machine that needs to be assigned to a Storage Center.
3. In the right pane, click Assign to Virtual Server on Storage Center. The Assign SC Server to Virtual Machine dialog box
appears.
4. Select the Storage Center on which to assign the server.
5. Click Next.
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