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Storage containers for PowerStore ESXi hosts

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Figure 1. Storage containers spanning appliances in a PowerStore T model cluster Figure 2. Storage containers on one appliance in a PowerStore X model cluster Storage containers for PowerStore ESXi hosts During the initial PowerStore X model appliance configuration process, a default storage container that is named (PowerStore ) is automatically provisioned on the cluster. The default storage container on PowerStore X model appliance is mounted to the internal ESXi hosts during initial configuration. To use storage containers with an external ESXi host: 1. Connect an external ESXi host to your PowerStore cluster. 2. Create an ESXi host in PowerStore Manager. 3. Use PowerStore Manager to create a storage container. For more information, see Create a storage container on page 20 4. Use the vSphere Web Client or CLI to mount the storage container on the external ESXi host. For more information, see VMware vSphere product documentation. 5. Create a vVol datastore from this vVol Storage Container and begin using it as a datastore for VMs. Overview 9

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Figure 1. Storage containers spanning appliances in a PowerStore T model cluster
Figure 2. Storage containers on one appliance in a PowerStore X model cluster
Storage containers for PowerStore ESXi hosts
During the initial PowerStore X model appliance configuration process, a default storage container that is named
(PowerStore
<cluster name>
)
is automatically provisioned on the cluster. The default storage container on PowerStore X model
appliance is mounted to the internal ESXi hosts during initial configuration.
To use storage containers with an external ESXi host:
1.
Connect an external ESXi host to your PowerStore cluster.
2.
Create an ESXi host in PowerStore Manager.
3.
Use PowerStore Manager to create a storage container.
For more information, see
Create a storage container
on page 20
4.
Use the vSphere Web Client or CLI to mount the storage container on the external ESXi host.
For more information, see VMware vSphere product documentation.
5.
Create a vVol datastore from this vVol Storage Container and begin using it as a datastore for VMs.
Overview
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