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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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For information about creating generic iSCSI volumes, see Creating a Generic iSCSI Volume
Modifying an existing volume
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The Non-persistent approach: Abiquo provisions the VM and copies a standard disk to the cloud node or creates a new hard disk on the datastore. When the user undeploys the VM, the data on the standard disk will be overwritten. This is the default process in the Abiquo platform.
The Persistent approach: Abiquo provisions the VM and the persistent disk is located on external storage. When the user undeploys the virtual appliance, the VM data is kept on the volume of external storage.
Persistent template volumes on ESXi
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