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

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NOTE:

The HP Storage Used value might differ from the HP Storage Provisioned value if

thin provisioning or demand-allocated snapshots are used.

HP Storage Available in Pool:

P9000 or XP: Amount of available storage in the P9000 or XP Thin Provisioning storage
pool for P9000 or XP array storage that is provisioned to this cluster

P6000 EVA or P4000: Amount of available storage in P6000 EVA and P4000 array
storage pools provisioned to this cluster

Storage Arrays

The Storage Arrays section lists the arrays that present disks to the selected cluster.

TIP:

To start the array management software, click the management software link (if available).

Viewing detailed information

Click the Storage Disks, HBAs, Paths, Replications, or View All tab to view detailed information
about the selected cluster. For information about the values displayed in these tabs, see the following:

“Viewing storage disks” (page 42)

“Viewing HBAs” (page 44)

“Viewing paths” (page 44)

“Viewing replications” (page 47)

“Viewing all VMs associated with a host or cluster” (page 47)

Viewing storage information for a datastore

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

Navigate to the Datastores Inventory view.

2.

Select a datastore in the inventory tree.

3.

Click the HP Insight Software tab.

4.

Click Storage Overview in the Storage Information section of the HP Management pane.

The Storage Overview of Datastore datastore name page appears.

Viewing summary information

The Storage Overview of Datastore page displays the following information about the selected
datastore:

Provisioned by Datastore

Datastore Free: Amount of available storage on the datastore

Datastore Used: Amount of storage used by the datastore

Datastore Total: Total amount of storage available to the datastore

VMDK Provisioned: Amount of storage on this datastore that is provisioned by VMDKs or
RDMs

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

Provisioned to Datastore

HP Storage Provisioned: Amount of storage available to the datastore from HP storage arrays

HP Storage Used: Amount of storage from HP storage arrays that is used by the datastore

HP Storage Available in Pools: Amount of HP storage available in storage pools

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