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Configuring traditional datastores and virtual machines

You can use Virtual Storage Console (VSC) to configure datastores and virtual machines in your vCenter Server. The datastores and virtual machines that are provisioned by VSC are displayed on the dashboard of VSC. This enables you to easily monitor and manage these datastores and virtual machines.

  1. Provisioning datastores
    Provisioning a datastore creates a logical container for your virtual machines and their virtual machine disks (VMDKs). You can provision a datastore, and then attach the datastore to a single host, to all of the hosts in a cluster, or to all of the hosts in a datacenter.
  2. Mapping datastores to storage capability profiles
    You can map the datastores that are associated with VASA Provider for ONTAP to storage capability profiles. You can assign a profile to a datastore that is not associated with a storage capability profile.
  3. Generating storage capability profiles automatically
    VASA Provider for ONTAP enables you to automatically generate storage capability profiles for existing traditional datastores. When you select the auto-generate option for a datastore, VASA Provider creates a profile that contains the storage capabilities that are used by that datastore.
  4. Verifying datastore compliance with the mapped storage capability profile
    You can quickly verify whether your datastores are compliant with the storage capability profiles that are mapped to the datastores.
  5. Monitoring datastores and virtual machines using the traditional dashboard
    You can monitor the traditional datastores and virtual machines using the traditional dashboard of the virtual appliance for Virtual Storage Console, VASA Provider, and Storage Replication Adapter. The dashboard data enables you to analyze the datastore usage and to take corrective action to prevent the virtual machines from running into space-related constraints.
  6. Editing ESXi host settings for VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA
    You can use the dashboard of the virtual appliance for Virtual Storage Console (VSC), VASA Provider, and Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) to editing your ESXi host settings.