To create and manage storage policies for your virtual machines, you use the VM Storage Policies interface. What to read next Create a VM Storage Policy for Host-Based Data Services To define the VM storage policy in the vSphere Client, use the Create VM Storage Policy wizard. In this task, you create rules for data services offered by ESXi hosts. The VM storage policy that includes these rules activates specified data services for the virtual machine. Create a VM Storage Policy for Virtual VolumesTo define the VM storage policy in the vSphere Client, use the Create VM Storage Policy wizard. In this task, you create a custom storage policy compatible with Virtual Volumes. When you define the VM storage policy for Virtual Volumes, you create rules to configure storage and data services provided by the Virtual Volumes datastore. The rules are applied when the VM is placed on the Virtual Volumes datastore. The custom storage policy can replace the default No Requirements storage policy for Virtual Volumes that VMware provides. Create a VM Storage Policy for Tag-Based PlacementTag-based rules reference the tags that you assign to the datastores and can filter the datastores to be used for placement of the VMs. To define tag-based placement in the vSphere Client, use the Create VM Storage Policy wizard. Edit or Clone a VM Storage PolicyIf storage requirements for virtual machines and virtual disks change, you can modify the existing storage policy. You can also create a copy of the existing VM storage policy by cloning it. While cloning, you can optionally select to customize the original storage policy. Parent topic: Storage Policy Based Management