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
-
Include Selected
Datastores
-
Exclude Selected
Datastores
-
Include Selected Datastore
Clusters
-
Exclude Selected Datastore
Clusters
Depending upon which option you choose, additional fields may
display.
Note
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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:
-
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.
-
Choose the desired option from the drop-down list.
-
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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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 custom range of disk size values that are chosen
while provisioning a VM. For example: 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1024, 5120,
10240, and so on.
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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