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7. Click 

Next.

8.  Select the neutral storage host for mirroring (Figure 57). The 

Advanced option lets you select the Up isolation policy, 

which does not require an NSH. Click Next.

Figure 57.  Selecting the NSH for Mirroring

9.  Optionally, enable caching on the data store. This option is available only if your license includes caching and if a cache 

device was enabled when the VSA was deployed. If you enable caching, default cache settings are used; these can be 
modified at a later time using the WebGUI. Click 

Next.

10.  Select the hosts that are to have access to the SvSAN data store (Figure 58). Click 

Next.

Figure 58.  Selecting the Hosts That Can Access the Data Store

11.  The first time you create a data store, the VSAs must authenticate with their hosts if they were not already saved during 

deployment. For each host, provide the ESXi host administrative password (the password that was used when ESXi was 
installed). Click 

Next.

12. Click 

Finish to start the data-store creation process. You can monitor the data-store creation process in the VMware 

Recent Tasks window. After this task has completed, the data store is available on the ESXi hosts (Figure 59).

13.  When a mirror is created, full synchronization is performed to help ensure that both sides of the mirror are synchronized.

14.  Repeat the preceding steps if you have multiple storage pools.