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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<strong>vSphere</strong> <strong>Storage</strong><br />
3 Assign a storage capability to the datastore.<br />
n Select a capability from a list of available storage capabilities.<br />
n Create and assign a new user-defined storage capability.<br />
The user-defined storage capability is assigned to the datastore. If you created a new capability, it appears on<br />
the list of storage capabilities in the Manage <strong>Storage</strong> Capabilities dialog box.<br />
Associate a User-Defined <strong>Storage</strong> Capability with Multiple Datastores<br />
You can select multiple datastores and associate them with a user-defined storage capability.<br />
Procedure<br />
1 Open a list of datastores in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Client.<br />
Option Action<br />
View the datastores in a datacenter a In the Datastores and Datastore Clusters view, select a datacenter.<br />
View the datastores mounted on a<br />
host<br />
2 Press Ctrl and select several datastores.<br />
b Select the Datastores and Datastore Cluster tab.<br />
a In the Hosts and Clusters view, select a host.<br />
b Select the Configuration tab, and click <strong>Storage</strong>.<br />
3 Right-click a selected datastore and select Assign User-Defined <strong>Storage</strong> Capability.<br />
4 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 storage capability is now associated with the selected datastores.<br />
Remove a <strong>Storage</strong> Capability<br />
You can remove an existing user-defined storage capability if you do not use it.<br />
You can only remove user-defined storage capabilities. You cannot remove a system-defined storage capability.<br />
CAUTION If you remove a storage capability that is part of a virtual machine storage profile, you might break<br />
the virtual machine storage profile compliance for the virtual machines and virtual disks that use it.<br />
Procedure<br />
1 In the VM <strong>Storage</strong> Profiles view of the <strong>vSphere</strong> Client, click Manage <strong>Storage</strong> Capabilities.<br />
The Manage <strong>Storage</strong> Capabilities dialog box appears.<br />
2 Select an unused storage capability and click Remove.<br />
3 Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box.<br />
The storage capability is removed from the list.<br />
246 <strong>VMware</strong>, Inc.
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