Configure storage policy

VMware vSAN storage policies define storage requirements for your virtual machines (VMs). These policies guarantee the required level of service for your VMs because they determine how storage is allocated to the VM. Each VM deployed to a vSAN datastore is assigned at least one VM storage policy.

You can assign a VM storage policy in an initial deployment of a VM or when you do other VM operations, such as cloning or migrating. Post-deployment cloudadmin users or equivalent roles can't change the default storage policy for a VM. However, VM storage policy per disk changes is permitted.

The Run command lets authorized users change the default or existing VM storage policy to an available policy for a VM post-deployment. There are no changes made on the disk-level VM storage policy. You can always change the disk level VM storage policy as per your requirements.

Note

Run commands are executed one at a time in the order submitted.

In this how-to, you learn how to:

• List all storage policies
• Set the storage policy for a VM
• Specify default storage policy for a cluster

Prerequisites

Make sure that the minimum level of hosts are met.

RAID configuration	Failures to tolerate (FTT)	Minimum hosts required
RAID-1 (Mirroring) Default setting.	1	3
RAID-5 (Erasure Coding)	1	4
RAID-1 (Mirroring)	2	5
RAID-6 (Erasure Coding)	2	6
RAID-1 (Mirroring)	3	7

List storage policies

You'll run the Get-StoragePolicy cmdlet to list the vSAN based storage policies available to set on a VM.

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

   Note

   If you need access to the Azure US Gov portal, go to https://portal.azure.us/

2. Select Run command > Packages > Get-StoragePolicies.

   

3. Provide the required values or change the default values, and then select Run.

   

   Field	Value
   Retain up to	Retention period of the cmdlet output. The default value is 60.
   Specify name for execution	Alphanumeric name, for example, Get-StoragePolicies-Exec1.
   Timeout	The period after which a cmdlet exits if taking too long to finish.

4. Check Notifications to see the progress.

Set storage policy on VM

You'll run the Set-VMStoragePolicy cmdlet to modify vSAN-based storage policies on a default cluster, individual VM, or group of VMs sharing a similar VM name. For example, if you have three VMs named "MyVM1", "MyVM2", and "MyVM3", supplying "MyVM*" to the VMName parameter would change the StoragePolicy on all three VMs.

Note

You cannot use the vSphere Client to change the default storage policy or any existing storage policies for a VM.

1. Select Run command > Packages > Set-VMStoragePolicy.

2. Provide the required values or change the default values, and then select Run.

   Field	Value
   VMName	Name of the target VM.
   StoragePolicyName	Name of the storage policy to set. For example, RAID-FTT-1.
   Retain up to	Retention period of the cmdlet output. The default value is 60.
   Specify name for execution	Alphanumeric name, for example, changeVMStoragePolicy.
   Timeout	The period after which a cmdlet exits if taking too long to finish.

3. Check Notifications to see the progress.

Set storage policy on all VMs in a location

You'll run the Set-LocationStoragePolicy cmdlet to Modify vSAN based storage policies on all VMs in a location where a location is the name of a cluster, resource pool, or folder. For example, if you have 3 VMs in Cluster-3, supplying "Cluster-3" would change the storage policy on all 3 VMs.

Note

You cannot use the vSphere Client to change the default storage policy or any existing storage policies for a VM.

1. Select Run command > Packages > Set-LocationStoragePolicy.

2. Provide the required values or change the default values, and then select Run.

   Field	Value
   Location	Name of the target VM.
   StoragePolicyName	Name of the storage policy to set. For example, RAID-FTT-1.
   Retain up to	Retention period of the cmdlet output. The default value is 60.
   Specify name for execution	Alphanumeric name, for example, changeVMStoragePolicy.
   Timeout	The period after which a cmdlet exits if taking too long to finish.

3. Check Notifications to see the progress.

Specify storage policy for a cluster

You'll run the Set-ClusterDefaultStoragePolicy cmdlet to specify default storage policy for a cluster,

1. Select Run command > Packages > Set-ClusterDefaultStoragePolicy.

2. Provide the required values or change the default values, and then select Run.

   Field	Value
   ClusterName	Name of the cluster.
   StoragePolicyName	Name of the storage policy to set. For example, RAID-FTT-1.
   Retain up to	Retention period of the cmdlet output. The default value is 60.
   Specify name for execution	Alphanumeric name, for example, Set-ClusterDefaultStoragePolicy-Exec1.
   Timeout	The period after which a cmdlet exits if taking too long to finish.

3. Check Notifications to see the progress.

Next steps

Now that you've learned how to configure VMware vSAN storage policies, you can learn more about:

• How to attach disk pools to Azure VMware Solution hosts (Preview) - You can use disks as the persistent storage for Azure VMware Solution for optimal cost and performance.

• How to configure external identity for vCenter Server - vCenter Server has a built-in local user called cloudadmin and assigned to the CloudAdmin role. The local cloudadmin user is used to set up users in Active Directory (AD). With the Run command feature, you can configure Active Directory over LDAP or LDAPS for vCenter as an external identity source.