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Viewing storage information for a vm – HP OneView for VMware vCenter User Manual

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The following information is displayed for each array:

Volumes—Number of volumes presented to the selected datastore from the array

Used—Amount of storage used by the datastore from the array

Total—Total amount of storage presented to the selected datastore from the array

Free pool capacity—Amount of HP storage available in storage pools

Datastores

This section lists the selected datastore. Move the cursor over the status bar to view storage
information. See

Figure 22 (page 44)

.

The following information is displayed for the datastore:

Virtual disks—Number of virtual disks on the datastore

Total—Amount of storage on this datastore that is provisioned by VMDKs or RDMs

Used—Amount of storage on this datastore that is used by VMDKs or RDMs

% Savings—Amount of storage saved through the use of Thin Provisioning

Viewing detailed information

Click the Storage Volumes, Virtual Disks, HBAs, Paths, Replications, or VMs to Volumes tab to view
detailed information about the selected datastore. For information about the values displayed in
these tabs, see the following:

“Viewing storage volumes” (page 49)

“Viewing virtual disks” (page 51)

Viewing storage information for a VM

To view information about VM storage availability and use:
1.

Navigate to the VMs and Templates Inventory view.

2.

Select a VM or VM template in the inventory tree.

3.

Click the HP Insight Management tab.

4.

Click More in the Storage portlet.

The Storage Details page appears.

5.

Click the Summary tab.

The Summary tab displays information about HP storage and includes a graphical representation
of that information.

For details about the colors used on this page, click Show Legend. See

Figure 20 (page 42)

.

Viewing summary information

The Summary page displays the following information about the selected VM:

HP Storage Provisioned to Virtual Machine

Volumes—Number of volumes available to the VM from configured HP storage arrays and
whether any are thin-provisioned

HP Storage Provisioned—Amount of storage available to the VM from HP storage arrays

HP Storage Used—Amount of storage from HP storage arrays that is used by the VM

HP Storage ThP Savings—Amount of storage saved through the use of array-based Thin
Provisioning

Volumes overprovisioned—Number of over-provisioned volumes

Using the Storage Module for vCenter

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