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A vSphere administrator created a Virtual SAN and a relevant virtual machine Storage Policy. The administrator is unable to select this virtual machine Storage Policy when creating a new virtual machine.
Based on the exhibit, why is the administrator unable to select this virtual machine Storage Policy?
A. The administrator did not enable the virtual machine Storage Policy per compute resource.
B. The ESXi Host license does not support virtual machine Storage Policies.
C. The vCenter Server license does not support virtual machine Storage Policies.
D. The administrator did not create a storage policy for the datastore selected for the virtual machine.
Correct Answer: A
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Storage policies that you define for VMs, capture storage characteristics that virtual machine home files and virtual disks require to run applications within the virtual machine.
In this question, the administrator has created a VM Storage Policy to reference the Virtual SAN. However, we are unable to select the storage policy when creating a new VM. This is because the VM Storage Policy has not been enabled.
Enable Virtual Machine Storage Policies
To use storage policies for virtual machines, you must enable them for a host or a cluster.
Prerequisites
Verify that a single host or all the hosts in a cluster, where you want to enable the policies, include the Storage Policies license.
Procedure
From the vSphere Web Client Home, click Rules and Profiles > VM Storage Policies.
Click the Enable VM Storage Policies icon ().
Select the vCenter Server instance.
All clusters and hosts available for the selected server appear. You can see the server licensing status and whether storage policies are enabled.
To enable storage policies, select a host or a cluster whose status is Disabled or Unknown and click Enable.
The status of the host or cluster changes to Enabled.
References:
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-7F59383F-9F5F-42BD-9314-D9919D81C450.html