Abiquo 6.1.2 introduces support for vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols) with vCenter. VMware uses vVols to integrate different virtual storage providers to create datastores in vCenter.
Initially, Abiquo:
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supports the vVol file type
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Abiquo has tested vVols on NetApp and EMC
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does not support VSAN
virtual storage. Abiquo uses the default VMware storage profile for datastores and vVols.
As for any other datastore when using vCenter clusters as hosts, your vVol datastore should be available on all the hosts of the cluster. If the platform cannot access the datastore from a host, the following error message will display.
Invalid configuration for device '0'. Device: VirtualDisk. Provided backing file is not accessible from host.
Abiquo supports vVols in the same way as it supports regular datastores, with the same kind of datastore folder mark, and regular checks of datastore usage.
As for any other datastore when using vCenter clusters as hosts, the vVol datastores should be available on all the hosts of the cluster.
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You can create different datastore tiers to enable the user to select vVols or regular datastores. |
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