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Storage provisioning

To provision storage, you create volumes, assign volumes to hosts, and then assign volumes to datastores.

Note
For more information about storage provisioning, see the Online Help available from the DE Series Plugin for vCenter interface.
  • Create volumes
    Volumes are data containers that manage and organize the storage space on your storage array. You create volumes from the storage capacity available on your storage array, which helps organize your system’s resources. The concept of "volumes" is similar to using folders/directories on a computer to organize files for quick access.
  • Create host access and assign volumes
    Creating a host is one of the steps required to let the storage array know which hosts are attached to it and to allow I/O access to the volumes. A host can be created automatically or manually.
  • Create a datastore in vSphere Client