Create a Datastore Associated With a New LUN

When you create a datastore, you associate it with a new or existing LUN. Follow these steps to create a datastore associated with a new 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 new datastore.
3. From the context menu, select Manage Oracle FS Storage > Create Datastore.
4. From the Select Oracle FS page, select the Oracle FS System from which you want to associate the new LUN with the new datastore.
   This is the Oracle FS System in which you create the new LUN upon which you will create the new datastore. If the Oracle FS System you want to use is not listed, you may need to add it to the vSphere environment.
5. Authenticate your login credentials to the Oracle FS System if you have not yet done so, and click Next.
   Result:The Select Host dialog appears and shows the selected datacenter and the nested ESX hosts contained therein.
6. From the Select Host dialog, select the ESX host with which you want to associate the new datastore, and then click Next.
7. From the Add Storage dialog, click Create LUN.
8. In the Create SAN LUN page, configure the Quality of Service, Mapping, and Data Protection settings, and click Next.
   Important! Be sure to map the LUN to the ESX host with which you associate the datastore.
9. In the Create Datastore page, enter 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.