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Provision Storage for a VMware Resource Pool

Administrators can provision and attach new datastores to VMware hosts that have been added to VMware resource pools within Reservation Manager.

The Storage Provisioning Manager for NetApp must be configured before this feature can be used. See the section on Storage Provisioning Manager for NetApp.

To provision and attach storage to VMware hosts in a VMware Resource Pool

1. Log in to Reservation Manager using the CA Server Automation administrator user credentials.

   The home page opens.

2. Click Administer Your Reservation Manager.

   The Administration page opens.

3. Click Manage your resource pools.

   The Resource Pools page opens.

4. Select a VMware resource pool.

   The Resource Pool Details pane opens.

5. Click the Resource Pool Details tab.

   A page with a list of Datacenters opens.

6. Select a Datacenter.

   The Datacenter is highlighted.

7. Click the Actions drop-down and select Edit...

   The Edit Datastores page appears.

8. Click the Actions drop-down and select Provision Datastore...
9. Select the ESX Server, Enhanced Storage Policy from the drop-downs. Specify the amount of storage desired, and the name to attach to the datastore.
10. Press OK

    The datastore is added to the resource pool where the storage provisioning job was started.

To track the status of storage provisioning jobs, see the next section.