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VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols) can be used by external ESXi hosts from PowerStore T models. vVols is a storage methodology that runs on top of existing storage protocols such as Fibre Channel and iSCSI. It enables administrators to have more granular control over virtual machines regarding performance, snapshots, and monitoring.
One of the key features of vVols is that it allows administrators to use storage policy-based management (SPBM) for their environment. This enables you to align application needs with the appropriate storage resources in an automated manner.
Because vCenter is required for binding and unbinding vVols from the protocol endpoints during power-on, power-off, and other operations such as vMotion, you should regard vCenter as a tier 1 application.
Caution: Never migrate the VMware vCenter virtual appliance to a vVol datastore or storage container. Because vCenter is required for bindings to power on vVol-based virtual machines, this action might prevent powering on vCenter after the VM is shut down or has experienced an unplanned outage.
Note: PowerStoreOS 3.0 introduced NVMe-vVol host connectivity supporting NVMe/FC vVols. PowerStoreOS 3.6 introduced NVMe-vVol host connectivity supporting NVMe/TCP vVols.