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Datastores

VMFS, NFS, vVol.
Abiquo does not support VSAN datastores.
You can use any storage protocol, such as iSCSI, NFS, FC, FCoE, or direct attached.

VM disk controller types

• IDE (default for compatibility reasons),

• SCSI

• SATA

VM SCSI controllers

• VirtualLsiLogicController (default) 

• ParaVirtualSCSIController

• VirtualBusLogicController

• VirtualLsiLogicSASController

VM system disks

By default, for VMs deployed on ESX/ESXi hypervisors:

• If disks are deployed from VMDK Sparse templates, they will be in Sparse format

• If disks are deployed from VMDK templates or conversions from formats other than VMDK Sparse, they will be in flat/fixed formats with thin provisioning enabled

Disk resize

  System disk resize
  Hard disk resize

See Configure VM disks for VMware

Storage live migration

For vCenter hosts, Abiquo detects storage vMotion on all datastores