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

Chapter 20 About Virtual Machine Storage Policies5 Apply the storage policy to virtual disks.• Click Apply to disks to apply the same home policy to all virtual disks.• Under VM Storage Policies for Virtual Disks, select a virtual disk and apply a policy from the VMStorage Policy drop-down menu. This option associates each virtual disk with a specified policy.Use this option if you store your virtual disks separately from the virtual machine configurationfiles.6 Click OK.The storage policy is assigned to the virtual machine and its disks.Monitor Storage Compliance for Virtual MachinesWhen you associate a policy with virtual machine objects, and select the datastores on which virtualmachines and virtual disks run, you can check whether virtual machines and virtual disks use datastoresthat are compliant with the policy.If you check the compliance of a virtual machine whose host or cluster has storage policies disabled, theresult of the check is Not Compliant because the feature is disabled.PrerequisitesTo perform a compliance check for a storage policy, associate the policy with at least one virtual machine orvirtual disk.Procedure1 From the vSphere Web Client Home, click Rules and Profiles > VM Storage Policies.2 Double-click a storage policy.3 Click the Monitor tab, and click VMs and Virtual Disks.4 Click Trigger VM Storage Policy Compliance Check.The Compliance Status column shows the storage compliancy status for virtual machines and theirpolicies.Compliance StatusCompliantNot CompliantOut of DateNot ApplicableDescriptionThe datastore that the virtual machine or virtual disk uses has the storage capabilities that arerequired by the policy.The datastore that the virtual machine or virtual disk uses does not have the storagecapabilities that are required by the policy. You can migrate the virtual machine files andvirtual disks to compliant datastores.The status indicates that the policy has been edited, but the new requirements have not beencommunicated to the datastore where the virtual machine objects reside. To communicate thechanges, reapply the policy to the objects that are out of date.This storage policy references datastore capabilities that are not supported by the datastorewhere virtual machine resides.What to do nextIf the status is Not Compliant, you can migrate the files or virtual disks to a compatible datastore. See “Finda Compatible Storage Resource for a Noncompliant Virtual Machine,” on page 202.If the status is Out of Date, reapply the policy to the objects. See “Reapply Virtual Machine Storage Policy,”on page 203.VMware, Inc. 201