Vmware, Inc.

Dhiraj Parashar

Kenny To

Systems and methods described herein facilitate provisioning virtual machines (VMs) in a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). The VDI includes a virtual desktop management server (VDMS), a VM, and a plurality of datastores. The VDMS includes a management module that is configured to determine a plurality of usage values that are associated with the datastores. The management module is also configured to determine one or more selection penalty values that are associated with one or more thin-provisioned VMs assigned to one or more of the datastores. Further, the management module calculates a plurality of capacity values for the datastores based at least in part on the determined usage values and the determined penalty values such that each of the capacity values corresponds to a separate datastore. Based at least in part on the capacity values, the management module is configured to assign the VM to one of the datastores.

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Dhiraj Parashar