Vsan Storage Policy Change

To edit the policy you must have the storage policy privileges that include the view and update privileges.

Vsan storage policy change.

Vsan 6 7 update 3 and later manages policy changes to reduce the amount of transient space consumed across the cluster. You cannot apply the default storage policy to non vsan datastores such as nfs or a vmfs datastore because the default virtual machine storage policy is compatible with any vsan datastore in the vcenter server you can move your virtual machine objects provisioned with the default policy to any vsan datastore in the vcenter server. In the vsphere web client. Click create a new storage policy select the capabilities.

Create a new policy go to vm storage policies. Transient capacity is generated when vsan reconfigures objects for a policy change. Another scenario is when an existing storage policy that is assigned to one or more vms is modified. If you configure the object space reservation then reservation will be done on the vsan datastore for the specified object or the vm on which this policy is assigned.

Prerequisites verify that the vm storage policy you want to assign as the default policy to the vsan datastore meets the requirements of virtual machines in the vsan cluster. One scenario is when a new policy that requires a change in component number and or layout is assigned to a vm. How vsan manages policy changes. You can change the default storage policy for a selected virtual volumes or vsan datastore.

It is actually really straight forward. You can see the list of virtual machines that use this storage policy. Now the question remains how do i change the policy of a single vm. Because the managed storage policy for non elastic vsan clusters varies based on cluster size adding or removing hosts will trigger a storage policy reconfiguration if it changes the size of the cluster so that it requires a different policy.

The vsan default policy only applies to vsan datastores. You can change the default storage policy for a selected vsan datastore. Click the vms tab and click virtual machines. When editing the policy you cannot change the name of the policy or the vsan storage provider specification.

Virtual san fails to provision a virtual machine when the policy requirements are not met but it successfully creates the user defined storage policy. For virtual volumes and vsan datastores vmware provides storage policies that are used as the default during the virtual machine provisioning. Click the virtual machine whose policy you want to modify. The policy is editable.

All other parameters including rules are editable. On the vm storage policies tab click the storage policy you want to change. From the vsphere web client home click policies and profiles vm storage policies.