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8. Click Next to move through the wizard. A summary window of the current disk layout is

shown, followed by the option to name the new Datastore. In our example, we chose

RedbookTestThree, as shown in Figure 5-102.

Figure 5-102 Adding Datastore name

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9. Click Next and the final window presents the choice of creating the Datastore with the

default maximum size of the volume or a proportion of it. After you click Finish, the wizard

closes and you return to the storage view. In Figure 5-103, you see that the new volume

was added to the configuration.

Figure 5-103 Add Storage task complete

10.Highlight the new Datastore and click Properties (as shown in Figure 5-104).

Figure 5-104 Datastore properties

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The Datastore Properties window opens, as shown in Figure 5-105.

Figure 5-105 Datastore property details

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11.Click Manage Paths to customize the multipath settings. Select Round Robin (as shown

in Figure 5-106) and click Change.

Figure 5-106 Select a Datastore multipath setting

When the change completes, click Close and the storage disk is available and ready to use

with your VMware ESX server that uses Fibre Channel attachment.

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