To use VMware Cloud Flex Storage, you must activate a storage region in which you have SDDCs deployed (or where you plan to deploy them).
Once you activate a storage region, you can create datastores to provide storage for SDDCs in that region. You can Create a Subscription during region activation or at a later time.
After you activate a region, you can create datastores there for use by SDDCs in the same availability zone as datastores you create.
Organization-wide Authentication Policies
If you get an error during region activation stating that the storage region cannot be activated because of your Organization's authentication policy, you need to add an exception to the authentication policy to allow VMware Cloud Flex Storage IP addresses.
These IP addresses are used by Service Management to communicate with VMware Cloud Flex Storage to perform tasks such as new activations, upgrades, monitoring, and deactivation. Without the ability to communicate through these IP addresses, VMware Cloud Flex Storage cannot deploy or manage your service instances or properly authenticate with your organization.
To add these IP addresses as exceptions, see Add Exceptions to the Authentication Policy.
Procedure
What to do next
When the region finishes being activated, you can now manage the region, which launches the VMware Cloud Flex Storage UI.
If you have not done so, create a subscription for the region you activated.