Policy Name field
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Choose the cloud in which resource allocation occurs.
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Policy Description field
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The description of the policy.
If you want to narrow the scope of deployment, choose whether to use all, include selected data stores, or exclude selected
data stores.
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Cloud Name drop-down list
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Choose the cloud account for this resource allocation.
If you choose an SRM account, the Enable Protection check box is displayed. For more information about how to enable protection groups for Site Recovery Manager, see the Cisco UCS Director VMware Management Guide.
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System Disk Scope
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Use Linked Clone check box
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If you want to use a linked clone, click the check box.
If you do not click this check box, the configuration uses a full clone.
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Storage Profile drop-down list
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Choose a storage profile if you want to provision one or more VMs with the associated storage profile.
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Data Stores/Data Store Clusters Scope drop-down list
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To define the scope of deployment, choose one of the following options:
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All
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Include Selected Datastores
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Exclude Selected Datastores
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Include Selected Datastore Clusters
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Exclude Selected Datastore Clusters
Depending upon which option you choose, additional fields may display.
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The option that you choose determines which datastores or datastore clusters are available when you create a VM disk.
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Selected Data Stores field
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If you chose Include Selected Datastores or Exclude Selected Datastores, click Select to choose the appropriate datastores.
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Use Shared Data Store Only check box
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Click the check box to use shared datastores only.
This option is only available if you chose to include or exclude selected datastores.
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Selected Datastore Clusters field
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If you chose Include Selected Datastore Clusters or Exclude Selected Datastore Clusters, click Select to choose the appropriate datastore clusters.
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Select SDRS Rule Type drop-down list
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If you chose to include or exclude selected datastore clusters, choose one of the following SDRS rule types:
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Keep VMDKs Together—You need to select an existing rule on the filtered clusters. The newly provisioned VM is added to the VM anti-affinity rule.
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Separate VMDKs—If the newly provisioned VM contains more than one disk, a new VM affinity rule is created on the datastore cluster.
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Select SDRS Rule field
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If you chose Keep VMDKs Together, you must choose the VMs that you want to apply the rule to.
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Storage Options
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Use Local Storage check box
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By default, the field is checked. Uncheck the check box if you do not want to use local storage.
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Use NFS check box
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By default, the field is checked. Uncheck the check box if you do not want to use NFS storage.
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Use VMFS check box
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By default, the field is checked. Uncheck the check box if you do not want to use VMFS storage.
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Use SAN check box
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By default, the field is checked. Uncheck the check box if you do not want to use SAN storage.
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Filter Conditions check boxes
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To add one more conditions to filter the datastores, do the following for each desired condition:
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Click the appropriate check box.
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Choose the desired option from the drop-down list.
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Enter the criteria by which you want to filter the datastores.
Any datastores that do not meet these criteria are excluded from consideration. If more than one condition is chosen, all
conditions must match.
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VMware VM provisioning fails when the datastore capacity specified in a storage policy uses the equals condition for decimal values with two values after the decimal (hundreths place). If specifying a capacity that includes
decimal values, round the value up to one value after the decimal (tenths place).
For example if the value is 10.25 GB, it displays as 10.3 GB in the datastore report. For all options, you must specify any
value less than 10.3 but rounded to one value after the decimal, such as 10.2 GB, 10.1 GB, or 10 GB.
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Override Template check box
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Check the check box to override the template properties. You are provided with options to enter custom settings, such as using
thin provisioning or setting a custom disk size.
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Use Thin Provisioning check box
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Check the check box to use thin provisioning during VM storage provisioning.
Thin provisioning enables dynamic allocation of physical storage capacity to increase VM storage utilization.
This option is only available if you choose Override Template.
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Manual Disk Size
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A custom disk size that overrides the disk size of the template used for VM provisioning.
This option is only available if you choose Override Template.
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Resizing Options for VM Lifecycle
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Allow Resizing of Disk check box
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Check the check box to provide the end user with an option to choose the VM disk size before provisioning.
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Permitted Values for Disk in GB field
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Specify the disk size values that can be chosen while provisioning a VM. You can specify these values in one of the following
formats:
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Range such as 10-1000
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Comma separated values such as 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1024, 5120, 10240.
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Combination of range and comma separated values such as 1,5,10, 10-1000.
This option is only available if you choose Allow Resizing of Disk.
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Allow user to select datastores from scope check box
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Check the check box to provide the end user with an option to choose the datastore during the service request creation.
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