vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-55-storage-guide

vSphere StorageProcedure1 Browse to the host cluster in the vSphere Web Client navigator.2 Click the Manage tab and click Settings.3 Under Configuration, select Virtual SAN Licensing and click Assign License Key.4 Select a licensing option.OptionDescriptionAssign an existing license key a Select the license key to assign and click OK.Assign a new license key a Type the license key, and type an optional label for the key.b Click Decode.cDecode the license key to verify that it is in the correct format, and thatit provides licensing to Virtual SAN.Click OK.The license key is assigned to the Virtual SAN cluster.View Virtual SAN DatastoreAfter you enable Virtual SAN, a single datastore is created. You can review the capacity of the Virtual SANdatastore.PrerequisitesActivate Virtual SAN and configure disk groups.Procedure1 Browse to Datastores in the vSphere Web Client navigator.2 Select the Virtual SAN datastore.3 Click the Manage tab, and click Settings.4 Review the Virtual SAN datastore capacity.The size of the Virtual SAN datastore depends on the number of HDDs per ESXi host and the numberof ESXi hosts in the cluster. For example, if a host has seven 2TB HDDs, and the cluster includes eighthosts, the approximate storage capacity would be 7 x 2 TB x 8 = 112TB. Some capacity is allocated formetadata.What to do nextUse the storage capabilities of the Virtual SAN datastore to create a storage policy for virtual machines. Forinformation, see Chapter 20, “About Virtual Machine Storage Policies,” on page 195.Disable Virtual SANYou can turn off Virtual SAN for a host cluster.When you disable the Virtual SAN cluster, all virtual machines located on the shared Virtual SAN datastorebecome inaccessible. If you intend to use virtual machine while Virtual SAN is disabled, migrate virtualmachines from the datastore before disabling.Procedure1 Browse to the host cluster in the vSphere Web Client navigator.2 Click the Manage tab and click Settings.182 VMware, Inc.