Configuring virtual volume datastores : Creating and editing storage capability profiles


Creating and editing storage capability profiles
You have several options for using VASA Provider for ONTAP to create new storage capability profiles. You can create a profile manually, you can auto-generate a profile based on the capabilities of a datastore, or you can modify the profile to meet your requirements. After setting up a profile, you can edit the profile as required.
Before you begin 
You must have registered your VASA Provider instance with Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere.
Steps 
1.
From the Virtual Storage Console (VSC) Home page, click VASA Provider for ONTAP to go to the VASA Provider section of the VSC GUI.
2.
Select Storage Capability Profiles.
3.
Select the profile that you want to modify on the Objects page, and then either choose the icon or click Edit from the Actions menu.
To view the values that are associated with an existing profile, you can click the profile name in the Storage Capabilities Profile page. VASA Provider then displays the Summary page for that profile.
4.
Complete the pages in the Create Storage Capability Profile wizard to set up a profile or to edit values to modify an existing profile.
Most of the fields in this wizard are self-explanatory. The following table describes some of the fields for which you might require guidance.
You can use the Description field on the Name and Description tab to describe the purpose of the storage capability profile.
If you have enabled linked mode for your vCenter Servers, then you must select the vCenter Server for which you are creating the storage capability profile.
When you select None and your version of ONTAP is 9.4, then the adaptive QoS policy type Value of ONTAP is applied to a data virtual volume (VVol).
When you select QoS Policy Group, then a traditional QoS policy is applied to a VVol.
You can set the value for Max IOPS, which enables you to use the QoS functionality. When applied for a traditional datastore, a QoS policy with MAX IOPS value is created and assigned to a FlexVol volume. When applied for a virtual datastore, a QoS policy with MAX IOPS value is created for each data VVol.
When you select ONTAP Service Level, then the existing adaptive QoS policies of ONTAP are applied to a data VVol.
Note: You must ensure that the performance metrics for VVol management are not set at an storage virtual machine (SVM) level, an aggregate level, or a FlexVol volume level.
If you select AFF storage, you can enable encryption and tiering.
5.
After you finish 
After you create a profile, you can return to the VASA Provider for ONTAP page, and select Storage Mapping to view which profiles match which datastores.
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