Hi,
The default 'space-allocation' setting for a LUN is disabled. I don't think there is any option within ONTAP to change this behaviour however you might consider automating the provisioning process within your environment. This would ensure any LUNs created are configured with 'space-allocation' attribute as enabled before you rescan your hyper-visor host to add the datastore.
/Matt
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