vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
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Assign User-Defined <strong>Storage</strong> Capability in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Client<br />
After you create user-defined storage capabilities, you can associate them with datastores.<br />
Whether a datastore has a system-defined storage capability or not, you can assign a user-defined storage<br />
capability to it. A datastore can have only one user-defined and only one system-defined storage capability at<br />
a time.<br />
You cannot assign a user-defined storage capability to a datastore cluster. However, a datastore cluster inherits<br />
a system-defined or user-defined storage capabilities when all its datastores have the same system-defined or<br />
user-defined storage capability.<br />
Prerequisites<br />
Add a user-defined storage capability to the list of storage capabilities.<br />
Procedure<br />
1 In the <strong>vSphere</strong> Client, select View > Inventory > Datastores and Datastore Clusters.<br />
2 Right-click a datastore from the inventory and select Assign User-Defined <strong>Storage</strong> Capability.<br />
3 Select a storage capability from the list of storage capabilities and click OK.<br />
Option Description<br />
Create and assign a new userdefined<br />
storage capability<br />
a Click New.<br />
b Type a name and a description.<br />
c Click OK.<br />
Select an existing storage capability Select a user-defined storage capability from the Name drop-down menu<br />
and click OK.<br />
The user-defined storage capability appears in the <strong>Storage</strong> Capabilities pane of the Summary tab of the<br />
datastore or its datastore cluster.<br />
Assign User-Defined <strong>Storage</strong> Capability in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client<br />
After you create user-defined storage capabilities, you can associate them with datastores.<br />
Whether a datastore has a system-defined storage capability or not, you can assign a user-defined storage<br />
capability to it. A datastore can have only one user-defined and only one system-defined storage capability at<br />
a time.<br />
You cannot assign a user-defined storage capability to a datastore cluster. However, a datastore cluster inherits<br />
a system-defined or user-defined storage capabilities when all its datastores have the same system-defined or<br />
user-defined storage capability.<br />
Prerequisites<br />
n Add a user-defined storage capability to the list of storage capabilities.<br />
n Browse to Datastores in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client navigator. See “Display Datastore Information in the<br />
<strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client,” on page 23.<br />
Procedure<br />
1 Select the datastore you want to modify.<br />
If you want to assign a storage capability to multiple datastores, select several datastores while holding<br />
Ctrl or Shift.<br />
2 Right-click the selected datastore and select Assign User-Defined <strong>Storage</strong> Capability.<br />
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