If your storage requirements for the applications on the virtual machine change, you can edit the storage policy that was originally applied to the virtual machine.
You can edit the storage policy for a powered-off or powered-on virtual machine.
When changing the VM storage policy assignment, you can apply the same storage policy to the virtual machine configuration file and all its virtual disks. You can also associate different storage policies with the VM configuration file and the virtual disks. You might apply different policies when, for example, storage requirements for your virtual disks and the configuration file are different.
Procedure
- In the vSphere Client, browse to the virtual machine.
- Click .
- Under Policies and Profiles, click VM Storage Policies.
- Click the storage policy you want to change, and click VM Compliance.
You can see the list of virtual machines that use this storage policy.
- Click the virtual machine whose policy you want to modify.
- Click the Configure tab and click Policies.
- Click Edit VM Storage Policies.
- Specify the VM storage policy for your virtual machine.
| Option |
Actions |
| Apply the same storage policy to all virtual machine objects |
Select the policy from the VM storage policy drop-down menu. |
| Apply different storage policies to the VM home object and virtual disks |
- Turn on the Configure per disk option.
- Select the object, for example, VM home.
- In the VM Storage Policy column, select the policy from the drop-down menu.
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- If you use Virtual Volumes policy with replication, configure the replication group.
Replication groups indicate which VMs and virtual disks must be replicated together to a target site.
All storage objects of a VM should belong to the same replication group. You cannot assign different replication groups to different storage objects of a VM.
- Click OK to save the VM storage policy changes.
Results
The storage policy is assigned to the virtual machine and its disks.
