Create a Datastore Associated With an Existing LUN

When you create a datastore, you associate it with a new or existing LUN. Follow these steps to create a datastore associated with an existing LUN.

1. On the vSphere Client navigation bar, select Inventory > Datastores and Datastore Clusters.
2. In the vSphere inventory tree, right-click the datacenter in which you want to create a datastore.
3. From the context menu, select Manage Oracle FS Storage > Create Datastore.
4. From the Select Oracle FS System page, select the Oracle FS System from which you want to associate the LUN with the new datastore.
   This is the Oracle FS System containing the LUN upon which you create the new datastore.
5. Authenticate your login credentials to the Oracle FS System if you have not yet done so, and click Next.
   Result:The Select Host page appears and shows the selected datacenter and the nested ESX hosts contained therein.
6. From the Select Host page, select the ESX host with which you want to associate the new datastore you are creating and click Next.
   Result:The Add Storage dialog appears and shows the LUNs that are already associated with the host you selected.
7. From the Add Storage dialog, select a LUN and click Next.
8. In the Modify SAN LUN page, verify the Quality of Service, Mapping, and Data Protection settings, and click Next.
9. In the Create Datastore page, provide a datastore name.
   A datastore is constrained to a single datacenter. The datastore is uniquely named within the datacenter.
10. From the Maximum File and Block Size drop-down list, select the desired maximum file size.
11. Click OK.