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In private cloud datacenters, depending on your environment, you can work with virtual storage in the form of volumes and hard disks.
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PrivilegePrivileges: Manage virtual storage elements, Manage virtual storage controller, Modify allocation when attaching a disk |
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To create a new volume of integrated storage, select the virtual datacenter, click the button and complete the form:
Field | Description |
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Virtual datacenter | The Virtual datacenter where the volume will be created |
Name | The name of the volume |
Description | A description of the volume |
Total size | Select the maximum size of the volume |
Tier | The Tier (service level) of the volume |
| Controller type | Select from the list of supported controller types: IDE, SCSI, SATA (ESXi), VIRTIO (KVM). The administrator can configure a default controller:
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| Controller | On ESXi only. The user can create multiple SCSI controllers and more than one of each type. The Default value is: VirtualLsiLogicController or the controller defined by the system administrator. This controller is used if a virtual machine is deployed with no SCSI controller or SCSI disks. The user can enter text in the Controller field and these controllers would be created depending on if the text contains:
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After you create the volume, to attach it to a VM, edit the VM and go to the Storage tab. See VM storage
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