Planning vVols

VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols) are not supported on all Storage Virtualize systems. Therefore, plan how to provision your vVols.

vVols is not supported on some products due to hardware limitation. If applicable, the limitations are documented in a Software feature limits page in the relevant Hardware Guide.

The system must be configured with the standard topology. Using stretched topology systems is not supported.

The vCenter Server and ESXi host management networks require TCP port 8440 to be accessible on the storage system’s management IP address.

The storage system, vCenter Server and ESXi hosts must all be configured to use a Network Time Protocol (NTP) service. This ensures that the time settings between the storage system and the VMware environment remain consistent.

At least one standard storage pool is required. Data reduction pools are not supported for storing vVols or the vVols metadata volume.

Do not run vCenter Servers on vVols. This avoids the possibility of complicated failure scenarios with cyclic dependencies in the VMware environment.