You can assign a VM storage policy in an initial deployment of a virtual machine or when you perform other virtual machine operations, such as cloning or migrating.
This topic describes how to assign the VM storage policy when you create a virtual machine. For information about other deployment methods that include cloning, deployment from a template, and so on, see the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration documentation.
You can apply the same storage policy to the virtual machine configuration file and all its virtual disks. If storage requirements for your virtual disks and the configuration file are different, you can associate different storage policies with the VM configuration file and the selected virtual disks.
When migrating VM's between clusters in the same SDDC, you must also change the VM storage policy to the destination cluster's managed policy. The default option of Keep existing VM Storage Policies is only appropriate if using a custom policy; otherwise, select the policy assigned to the destination cluster.
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If storage placement requirements for the configuration file or the virtual disks change, you can later modify the virtual machine policy assignment.