2
Click
Related Objects
>
Datastores
, then click the
Add New Datastore
icon to create a new
datastore over iSCSI. The
New Datastore
window is displayed.
3
In the
Type
window, slect
VMFS
.
4
In the
Name and device selection
window specify the name for the datastore and select the
available device.
5
In the
Ready to complete
window, review your entries and then click
Finish
to complete the
datastore creation. The datastore over iSCSI is listed. Its status is “Unknown”.
6
Click the
Refresh
icon. The datastore status changes to “Normal”.
7
In the
Storage
tab, check the connection status between the iSCSI datastore and the hosts.
Results
After the VMFS over iSCSI datastore is created, you can:
•
Provision VMs to the VMFS datastore using the vSphere Web Client
•
Perform standard operations such as Open Console, Power On, Shutdown VM, Suspend VM,
and clone VM
•
Migrate VMs between VxRail Appliance datastores and iSCSI datastores
In maintenance mode, VMs move to another node on the same iSCSI datastore automatically. The
rebooted node is connected to the iSCSI datastore automatically.
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