Unisphere and Unisphere Central 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Create a Datastore and Map it to VMware ESX Server

You can create a datastore, map it to a VMware ESX environment, and mount it to the cluster in one operation.

1. If a Storage Center is selected from the drop-down list in Unisphere Central, click (Home).
   The Unisphere CentralHome page is displayed.
2. From the STORAGE menu, click Servers.
   The Servers view is displayed.
3. Click the Registered Servers tab.
4. In the Registered Servers view, select the VMware ESXi cluster or host on which to create the datastore.
5. Click (More Actions) and select Create Datastore.
   The Create Datastore dialog box opens.
6. Type a name for the datastore in the Name field.
7. Select the type of datastore to create:
   • Standard Datastore (VMFS)
   • VVol Datastore
8. Click Next.
9. If you selected Standard Datastore (VMFS), complete the following steps:
   1. Select the Storage Center on which to create the datastore from the Storage Center drop‑down menu.
   2. Select the folder in which to create the datastore from the Volume Folder drop-down menu.
   3. Enter the size for the datastore in the Total Space field and select a unit of storage from the drop-down menu.
      The available storage units are bytes, kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).
   4. Select the size limit for virtual disks within the datastore from the Max File Size drop‑down menu.
   5. Add notes in the Notes field as needed.
   6. Select a data reduction profile from the Data Reduction Profile drop‑down menu.
   7. To specify a snapshot profile, click Change, select a profile in the Select Snapshot Profiles dialog box, and click OK.
   8. If you want to specify a custom LUN, restrict mapping paths, configure multipathing, or make the datastore read-only, click Advanced Mapping.
10. If you selected VVol Datastore, select the storage container to use for the VVol datastore
    • Use Existing New Storage Container – If you selected this option, a list of existing storage containers is displayed. Select the storage container to use, and click Finish.
    • Create a New Storage Container – If you selected this option, complete the following steps:
    1. Select the Storage Center on which to create the datastore from the Storage Center drop‑down menu.
    2. Select a unit of storage from the drop-down menu and type the size for the datastore in the Size field. The available storage units are bytes, kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).
    3. To specify the folder in which to create a datastore, click Change, select a folder from the Select Volume Folder dialog box, and click OK.
    4. Specify whether to allow compression by selecting or clearing the Compression Allowed check box.
    5. Specify whether to allow deduplication by selecting or clearing the Deduplication Allowed check box.
    6. Specify whether to allow encryption by selecting or clearing the Use Encryption check box.
    7. (Optional) To specify the storage profiles to allow for new datastores, click Change, select the storage profiles to allow from the Select Storage Profile dialog box, and click OK.
    8. Select the default snapshot profile setting from the Default Snapshot Profile drop-down menu.
    9. Select the default data reductions profile setting from the Default Data Reduction Profile drop-down menu.
    10. Select the default storage profile setting from the Default Storage Profile drop-down menu.
    11. Select the default data reduction input setting from the Default Data Reduction Input drop-down menu.
11. Click Finish.