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SharedMountPoint • Path. The path on each host that is where this primary
storage is mounted. For example, "/mnt/primary".
• Tags (optional). The comma-separated list of tags for this
storage device. It should be an equivalent set or superset of
the tags on your disk offerings.
The tag sets on primary storage across clusters in a Zone
must be identical. For example, if cluster A provides primary
storage that has tags T1 and T2, all other clusters in the Zone
must also provide primary storage that has tags T1 and T2.
VMFS • Server. The IP address or DNS name of the vCenter
server.
• Path. A combination of the datacenter name and the
datastore name. The format is "/" datacenter name
"/" datastore name. For example, "/cloud.dc.VM/
cluster1datastore".
• Tags (optional). The comma-separated list of tags for this
storage device. It should be an equivalent set or superset of
the tags on your disk offerings.
The tag sets on primary storage across clusters in a Zone
must be identical. For example, if cluster A provides primary
storage that has tags T1 and T2, all other clusters in the Zone
must also provide primary storage that has tags T1 and T2.
11. In a new zone, CloudPlatform adds the first secondary storage server for you. For an overview of
what secondary storage is, see Section 3.7, “About Secondary Storage”.
Before you can fill out this screen, you need to prepare the secondary storage by setting up NFS
shares and installing the latest CloudPlatform System VM template. See Section 8.8, “Adding
Secondary Storage”.
To configure the first secondary storage server, enter the following, then click Next:
• NFS Server. The IP address of the server.
• Path. The exported path from the server.
12. Click Launch.
8.4. Adding a Pod
When you create a new zone, CloudPlatform adds the first pod for you. You can add more pods at any
time using the procedure in this section.
1. Log in to the CloudPlatform UI. See Section 6.2, “Log In to the UI”.
2. In the left navigation, choose Infrastructure. In Zones, click View More, then click the zone to
which you want to add a pod.
3. Click the Compute and Storage tab. In the Pods node of the diagram, click View All.
4. Click Add Pod.