Changing a VM Storage Policy

Owned by John Hicks

Last updated: Jan 04, 2024 by Robert Brink

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Introduction

This guide is aid changing a virtual machines storage policy.

We have two storage policies to choose from:

AllFlash-Standard is limited to a maximum of 500 IOPS per disk per VM
AllFlash-Premium is unlimited number of IOPS.

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Prerequisites

N/A

Procedure

Log in to https://portal.cloudist.se
Select Virtual Data Center service

Select the Virtual Datacenter name where the virtual machine you would like to modify resides

In Cloud Director interface, select the Virtual Datacenter where the virtual machine you would like to modify resides

On the Virtual Machine click on Details

Go to Hard Disks and click Edit

Select the appropriate policy from the drop down and click Save to apply the changes

Observe that the task has completed in the Recent Tasks panel below

You can choose a default storage policy so any new vm or disk is created with your preferred choice