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# Create storage templates

Storage templates are a reusable set of storage requirements that simplify storage management for virtual data centers by eliminating many of the repetitive tasks that are required to create and make storage available to hosts or applications.

## Prerequisites

- This feature is only available to a user with Admin or StorageAdmin permission.

## About this task

Using the configuration and performance characteristics of an existing storage group as a starting point, you can create templates that will pre-populate fields in the provisioning wizard and create more realistic performance impact results in your future provisioning requests.

To create a storage template:

## Steps

1. From the main menu, click Unisphere for PowerMax.
   The home dashboard view is displayed.
2. Optional: Go to the left panel and click Templates to open the Provisioning Template view.
3. For second and subsequent templates, click the drop-down arrow next to Provision and select Using Template. Click one of the existing templates and click Provision (see The multi-array Provision Storage wizard).
4. To create the first template, go to Storage > Storage Groups and select a storage group that has a service level (SL) assigned (FBA only).
5. Click and click the Compliance icon. Alternatively, double-click a storage group and select the Compliance tab.
6. Click Save as a Template.
7. Review the default values and update as appropriate.
8. Click Save.
   If there has not been at least one week of data collected for the selected storage group, a dialog is displayed (see Dialog displayed when there is less than one week of data collected).