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Configure storage on the host

You can use the storage assigned to an ESXi host as either a Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastore or a raw device mapping (RDM).

Before you begin

The volumes mapped to the ESXi host must have been discovered properly.

  • For instructions on creating VMFS datastores using either the vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client, see the VMware pubs webpage (https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/) for documentation on this topic.
  • For instructions on using volumes as RDMs using either the vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client, see the VMware pubs webpage (https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/) for documentation on this topic.