Storage for Google Cloud VMware Engine datastores
You can use Filestore instances as external datastores for VMware ESXi
hosts in Google Cloud VMware Engine. This lets you scale up your storage independently of your compute resources.
To use a Filestore instance as an external datastore, create a Filestore Zonal, Regional, or Enterprise instance in a region where both
VMware Engine and Filestore are available. You can also use an existing instance. Once the instance is ready, you can mount it as an external datastore to your existing VMware ESXi hosts in VMware Engine.
Use Filestore instance as a datastore
For mounting instructions, see Use Filestore Volumes as vSphere datastores in Google Cloud VMware Engine.
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