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Eric

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I have two independent vcenter 6.5 and 5.5 environments<br />
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I have DataStore001 to DataStore 007 mapped to a only cluster in 5.5 vcenter currenty for production<br />
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6,5 has only also one cluster with two ESXi hosts and no VM yet<br />
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DataStores are presented to every node to clusters in 5.5 and 6.5. &nbsp;<br />
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my question is whether I can create an &quot;&nbsp;DataStore Clusters ( manual DRS ) &quot;&nbsp;using the DataStore 001 through 007 on 6.5 so that I can map this DataStore Cluster to the cluster in 6.5 . <br />
Note that these DataStores are already in use as they are mapped to 5.5 . So I am going to configure manual DRS for DataStore Cluster to avoid vmdk replacement. <br />
If I am able to do so, will this have any effect &nbsp;on cluster in 5.5 in any way <br />
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I am not even sure if I can do this from DataStore perspective. <br />
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Pleas let me know<br />
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F.
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I have two independent vcenter 6.5 and 5.5 environments

I have DataStore001 to DataStore 007 mapped to a only cluster in 5.5 vcenter currenty for production

6,5 has only also one cluster with two ESXi hosts and no VM yet

DataStores are presented to every node to clusters in 5.5 and 6.5.  

my question is whether I can create an " DataStore Clusters ( manual DRS ) " using the DataStore 001 through 007 on 6.5 so that I can map this DataStore Cluster to the cluster in 6.5 . 
Note that these DataStores are already in use as they are mapped to 5.5 . So I am going to configure manual DRS for DataStore Cluster to avoid vmdk replacement. 
If I am able to do so, will this have any effect  on cluster in 5.5 in any way 

I am not even sure if I can do this from DataStore perspective. 

Pleas let me know

F.

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