The following table outlines the different components that are required to make up a VVOL environment:
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Component |
Description |
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vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA) |
The VASA provider is a software component that was developed by the storage array vendor. The VASA provider provides the storage capability awareness to vCenter and the ESXi hosts. |
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Storage Containers (SC) |
A pool of storage capacity and storage capabilities on the array. A storage container represents a virtual datastore. |
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Protocol Endpoint (PE) |
A logical IO proxy that provides a data path from virtual machines to the virtual volumes. |
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VVOL Objects |
Encapsulation of virtual machine files and disks. Objects are stored natively on the array ... |
