Change the Default Storage Policy on a VMware Cloud Director Organization Virtual Data Center

In VMware Cloud Director, you can change the default storage policy that you configured during the creation of an organization virtual data center.

VMware Cloud Director uses the default storage policy for all virtual machine provisioning operations where the storage policy is not specified at the virtual machine or vApp template level.

Prerequisites

• The target default storage policy is added to the organization virtual data center. See Add a VM Storage Policy to a VMware Cloud Director Organization Virtual Data Center.
• The target default storage policy is enabled on the organization virtual data center. See Activate or Deactivate a Storage Policy on a VMware Cloud Director Organization Virtual Data Center.

Procedure

1. From the primary left navigation panel, select Resources, and from the page top navigation bar, select Cloud Resources.
2. From the secondary left panel, select Organization VDCs, and click the name of the target organization virtual data center.
3. Under Policies, select Storage .
4. Click the radio button next to the name of the target default storage policy, and click Set as default.
5. To confirm, click OK.