Mount vVol Datastore

The next step is to mount the vVol datastore. This includes two steps:

1. Connecting the FlashArray protocol endpoint (called pure-protocol-endpoint) to the ESXi hosts via FC or iSCSI
2. Mounting the vVol datastore on the ESXi hosts

   The FlashArray Plugin for the vSphere Client combines these operations into one easy operation.

   Right-click on the cluster you would want to mount the vVol datastore on. Note that you can only mount the vVol datastore to hosts that are in the vCenter with the respective VASA providers registered. Choose Everpure, then Create Datastore.

   

   Choose vVol and click Next:

   

   Enter in a vVol datastore name and click Next:

   

   Confirm the cluster to mount the datastore:

   

   Then choose your FlashArray, in this case flasharray-m50-1:

   

   Confirm the settings and click FINISH.

   

   This process will present the protocol endpoint to each host in the cluster and then mount the vVol datastore on them:

   

   Now repeat this process for the opposing vCenter (in this case vCenter-02) and its respective FlashArrays (in this case flasharray-m50-2):

   

   This will then mount the vVol datastore on the second vCenter: