VMware VMDK driver

Functional context
Configuration
VMDK disk type
Clone type
Use vCenter storage policies to specify back-end data stores
Supported operations
Storage policy-based configuration in vCenter
Prerequisites
Create storage policies in vCenter
Data store selection

Use the VMware VMDK driver to enable management of the OpenStack Block Storage volumes on vCenter-managed data stores. Volumes are backed by VMDK files on data stores that use any VMware-compatible storage technology such as NFS, iSCSI, FiberChannel, and vSAN.

	Warning
	The VMware ESX VMDK driver is deprecated as of the Icehouse release and might be removed in Juno or a subsequent release. The VMware vCenter VMDK driver continues to be fully supported.

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