HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server User Guide (7.3)

Viewing datastore storage information
To view information about datastore storage availability and use:
1. Select a datastore in the inventory tree and access HP Insight Management.
The Storage portlet on the Overview page provides an overview of the storage.
2. For detailed storage information, click More at the bottom of the Storage portlet or do one of
the following:
• From the vSphere Client, select Storage Details from the drop-down list.
• From the vSphere Web Client, click the Storage tab on the Manage page.
The storage details page appears.
3. Click Summary.
The datastore storage summary displays information about HP storage and includes a graphical
representation of the information. For more information, see “Datastore storage summary
information” (page 66).
Viewing detailed datastore 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 69)
• “Viewing virtual disks” (page 71)
• “Viewing HBAs” (page 71)
• “Viewing paths” (page 72)
• “Viewing replications” (page 74)
• “Viewing VMs to volumes” (page 76)
Datastore storage summary information
This tab displays the following information about the selected datastore:
HP Storage Provisioned to Datastores
• Volumes—Number of volumes available to the datastore from configured HP storage arrays
and whether any are thin-provisioned
• 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 ThP Savings—Amount of storage saved through the use of array-based thin
provisioning
• Volumes overprovisioned—Number of over-provisioned volumes
Provisioned from Datastore to Virtual Machines
• Current storage inventory—Number of datastores, RDMs, and unused volumes provisioned
to VMs
• Datastore Provisioned Capacity—Total amount of storage available to the datastore
• Datastore Used Capacity—Amount of storage used by the datastore
• Datastore Available Capacity—Amount of available storage on the datastore
• Datastores overprovisioned—The number of over-provisioned datastores
HP Storage Arrays
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