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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Remove a <strong>Storage</strong> Capability in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client<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 From the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client Home, click Rules and Profiles > VM <strong>Storage</strong> Profiles.<br />
2 Click the Create, Edit or Remove <strong>Storage</strong> Capabilities icon.<br />
3 On the Manage <strong>Storage</strong> Capabilities page, select an unused storage capability and click the remove icon.<br />
4 Click Yes to confirm.<br />
The storage capability is removed from the list.<br />
Understanding Virtual Machine <strong>Storage</strong> Profiles<br />
Virtual machine storage profiles list the storage capabilities that virtual machine home files and virtual disks<br />
require to run the applications within the virtual machine.<br />
You can create a list of virtual machine storage profiles to define different levels of storage requirements.<br />
The virtual machine home files (.vmx, .vmsd, .nvram, .log, and so on) and the virtual disks (.vmdk) can have<br />
separate virtual machine storage profiles as shown in the following table.<br />
Table 24-1. Example Virtual Machine <strong>Storage</strong> Profiles for a Virtual Machine<br />
Example Virtual Machine Files<br />
windows_2008r2_test.vmx<br />
windows_2008r2_test.vmxf<br />
windows_2008r2_test.log<br />
windows_2008r2_test.nvram<br />
windows_2008r2_test.vmem<br />
windows_2008r2_test.vmsd<br />
Example for a VM <strong>Storage</strong><br />
Profile<br />
<strong>Storage</strong> Profile 2 datastore02<br />
windows_2008r2_test.vmdk <strong>Storage</strong> Profile 3 datastore05<br />
windows_2008r2_test_1.vmdk <strong>Storage</strong> Profile 5 datastore10<br />
Chapter 24 Virtual Machine <strong>Storage</strong> Profiles<br />
Example for a Datastore Compliant with the VM<br />
<strong>Storage</strong> Profile<br />
When you create, clone, or migrate a virtual machine, you can select to associate it with a virtual machine<br />
storage profile. When you select a virtual machine storage profile, the client shows you the datastores that are<br />
compatible with the capabilities of the profile. You can then select a datastore or a datastore cluster.<br />
If you select a datastore that does not match the virtual machine storage profile, the client shows that the virtual<br />
machine is using non-compliant storage.<br />
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