System information

Display Storage Devices for an Adapter
For each storage adapter on your host, you can display a list of storage devices accessible just through this
adapter.
Procedure
1 In Inventory, select Hosts and Clusters.
2 Select a host and click the Configuration tab.
3 In Hardware, select Storage Adapters.
4 Select the adapter from the Storage Adapters list.
5 Click Devices.
Viewing Datastore Information
You can view a list of available datastores and analyze their properties.
The Datastores pane shows summary information about the datastore.
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Target storage device where the datastore is located.
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File system the datastore uses.
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Total capacity and available space.
For each datastore, you can also review the following details:
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Location of the datastore.
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Total capacity, including the used and available space.
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Individual extents that the datastore spans and their capacity. To view extent details, click Properties and
select the Extents panel.
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Paths used to access the storage device.
Review Datastore Properties
Use the vSphere Client to review datastore properties.
Procedure
1 Select a host in the inventory and click the Configuration tab.
2 In Hardware, select Storage.
3 Click the Datastores view.
4 To display details for a particular datastore, select the datastore from the list.
Resolving Display Issues
When you use the vSphere Client to view storage devices available to your ESX/ESXi host and the output
differs from what you expect, perform troubleshooting tasks.
Perform the following troubleshooting tasks if you have display issues.
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