28.4 Associating VMware Datastores and Target Workloads

After you discover Datastore resources for a target VMware platform, you can associate them with target workloads. You can use the same datastore or different datastores for the system and data volumes and the VM Config Datastore.

To set the target VMware Datastore resource for a storage volume:

  1. In the Web Interface toolbar, select Planning.

  2. Select the Workloads tab.

  3. Select the workload, then click Edit. You can alternatively double-click the workload of interest.

  4. In the Location panel for the Workload dialog, ensure that you have selected a VMware target.

  5. In the Storage panel, click Edit.

  6. On the Volumes tab, select the volume.

  7. From the Datastore list, select the Datastore resource that you want to assign to the target workload.

  8. (Optional) Modify other disk and volume interface information as appropriate.

  9. Click Save, and then click Close.

  10. Click Close to exit the Workload dialog.

To set the Datastore resource for a virtual workload’s VM Config Datastore:

  1. In the Web Interface toolbar, select Planning.

  2. Select the Workloads tab.

  3. Select the workload, then click Edit. You can alternatively double-click the workload of interest.

  4. On the Workload dialog in the Location panel, click Edit.

  5. From the VM Config Datastore list, select the Datastore resource that you want to assign to the target workload.

  6. Click Save, and then click Close.

  7. Click Close to exit the Workload dialog.