How to check VxRail & vSAN 6.7 U3 Storage Policies Compliance on a VM

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Sometimes you will need to confirm that a VM is in compliance with it’s Storage Policy.  Please find below that three ways to confirm if your VM is in compliance with the mandated VM Storage Policies.

First way – bottom of the VM summary page

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 To update the check just click check compliance

Second way – go to the VM > Configure >  Policies

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To check compliance just select check VM Storage Policy Compliance

Third way – go to cluster > VMs and add the column VM Storage Policies Compliance

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You should now be able to filter by what level of compliance you are and make it simple to find any out of compliance VMs.

Summary:
There may be times when for one reason or another a VM may become out of compliance with the associated storage policy.  In these instances it is nice to identify the VM and work to resolve this issue.  I hope y’all found this article to be useful.

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