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The VMware page under the Storage category in the navigation menu on the left, which is shown in Figure 17, provides the ability to create and manage VMware-related resources such as NFS, VMFS, and vVol Datastores. A VMware Datastore is a storage resource that provides storage for one or more VMware hosts. For the Dell Unity platform, four types of VMware Datastores are available: File (NFS), Block (VMFS), vVol (File), and vVol (Block) Datastores. Unisphere allows users to provision storage for a VMware traditional Datastore and configure access to a relevant ESXi host, which results in the automatic configuration of Datastores on the ESXi host. Modifying or deleting the Datastore in Unisphere automatically updates the ESXi host as well.
A NAS Server with NFS enabled is a prerequisite to creating VMware NFS Datastores and a NAS Server with NFS and vVols enabled is a prerequisite for accessing vVol (File) Datastores. For vVol-specific operations, users can use the VMware page to configure Capability Profiles, view Protocol Endpoints, and view Virtual Volumes. The Datastore Shares tab includes NFS shares that VMware NFS Datastores and their associated hosts have access to. Also, in Dell Unity OE version 4.5 and later, VMFS 6 Datastores can be created in the GUI. For more information about vVol technology and other virtualization technologies, see the Dell Unity: Virtualization Integration white paper.