In versions 5.5.0 and later first, click an (1) array name hyperlink to be taken to the datastore management section.
To change the configuration of the datastore, click on Edit Datastore.
A variety of fields are available:
- Volume name: Rename the FlashArray volume.
- Datastore name: Rename the datastore name. Generally it is recommended to keep this consistent, but optionally deselect the option Same as volume name if configuring the names differently is desired.
- Pod: The pod it is in. If a volume is in a volume group it cannot be put into a pod without first removing it from the volume group--if the volume is in a volume group this option will be grayed out. If a pod is stretched or has an active replica link, a volume cannot be moved into it. Only new volumes can be placed in stretched or replica link-enabled pods.
- Volume group: The volume group it is in. If a volume is in a pod it currently cannot also be in a volume group. This is a Purity limitation. To remove a volume from a group, choose the option None. Only volume groups that are empty or currently have volumes in use in the current VMware environment will appear in the list.
- Size. Changing this will resize the volume and grow the VMFS datastore to consume the new capacity. The datastore can only be grown--it cannot be shrunk. To change the size of a vVol container, change the pod quota.
- Volume bandwidth limit. This dictates the total amount of bandwidth (read or write) that can be sent to that volume. This cannot be set if the volume is in a volume group that has its own limit set. To remove a limit, clear the value (do not put in a zero).
- Volume IOPS limit. This dictates the total amount of IOPS (read or write) that can be sent to that volume. This cannot be set if the volume is in a volume group that has its own limit set. To remove a limit, clear the value (do not put in a zero).