Determine which datastore is compatible with the storage policy that is associated with your virtual machine.

Occasionally, a storage policy that is assigned to a virtual machine can be in the noncompliant status. This status indicates that the virtual machine or its disks use datastores that are incompatible with the policy. You can migrate the virtual machine files and virtual disks to compatible datastores.

Use this task to determine which datastores satisfy the requirements of the policy.

Procedure

  1. Verify that the storage policy for the virtual machine is in the noncompliant state.
    1. Navigate to the virtual machine.
    2. Click the Summary tab.
      The VM Storage Policy Compliance panel on the VM Storage Policies pane shows the Noncompliant status.
  2. Navigate to the noncompliant storage policy.
    Option Description
    In the vSphere Web Client
    1. From the vSphere Web Client Home, click Policies and Profiles > VM Storage Policies.
    2. Click the Storage Policy tab.
    In the vSphere Client
    1. Click Menu > Policies and Profiles.
    2. Under Policies and Profiles, click VM Storage Policies.
  3. Display the list of compatible datastores for the noncompliant storage policy.
    Option Description
    In the vSphere Web Client
    1. Click the storage policy.
    2. Click the Monitor tab and click Storage Compatibility.
    In the vSphere Client
    1. Click the storage policy.
    2. Click Storage Compatibility.
    The list of datastores that match the requirements of the policy appears.

What to do next

You can migrate the virtual machine or its disks to one of the datastores in the list.