How to change VxRail w/ vSAN 6.7 U3 storage policy for entire VM or each object individually.

I was recently asked for a quick way to edit all and individual objects in vSAN 6.7 U3.  I thought I would put together a quick how to for quick storage policy changes.

**Remember, certain changes in storage policies will trigger a resync on the backend, IE changing RAID types.

Step by Step:

Right click on the VM you want to edit

Screenshot from the Change a VxRail vSAN Storage Policy walkthrough at step 1; the step instructs the user to right click on the VM you want to edit.

Go to VM Policies > Edit VM Storage Policies

Screenshot from the Change a VxRail vSAN Storage Policy walkthrough at step 2, showing Edit VM Storage Policies; the step instructs the user to go to VM Policies > Edit VM Storage Policies.

If you want to change the policy on all the objects associated with the VM then click the drop down tab next to VM storage policy and select the desire storage policy

Screenshot from the Change a VxRail vSAN Storage Policy walkthrough at step 3, showing Edit VM Storage Policies; the step instructs the user to go to VM Policies > Edit VM Storage Policies.

You have the ability to change each objects storage policy and apply.

Summary:
I am really enjoying the new 6.7 U3 interface.  It is making life a lot cleaner and simpler.  As always, I hope y’all found this useful.

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