Virtual Volumes (VVOL) is a virtual disk management and array integration framework that was introduced with vSphere 6. VVOL enables policy-based storage for virtual machines. A datastore is presented as backed by raw storage supporting multiple different capabilities, such as snapshotting, replication, deduplication, raid level, performance, and so on. These capabilities are exposed to the vSphere environment. Policies are created and assigned to virtual machines. When a virtual machine is placed on a VVOL datastore, the placement on the array is based on requirements that are defined in the policies.
Using VMware Virtual Volumes
How to do it...
To successfully incorporate VVOL as part of a vSphere infrastructure design,...
