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5 In the heat map, point to the cluster area to view the percentage of remaining capacity.
A color other than green indicates a potential problem.
6 Click Details for the ESX host in the pop-up window to investigate the resources for that host.
What to do next
Adjust workloads to balance resources as necessary.
Identify Datastores with Space for Virtual Machines
Identify the datastores that have the most space for your next set of virtual machines.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to a vSphere Client and that vCenter Operations Manager is open.
Procedure
1 Click the Analysis tab.
2 In the heat map gallery, narrow the scope from the drop-down menu to display the datastore space.
Option Action
Focus Area
Select Storage.
Smallest Box Shows
Select Datastore.
Description
Select Which datastores have the highest disk space overcommitment and
lowest time remaining?
3 Click Which datastores have the highest disk space overcommitment and lowest time remaining?
4 In the heat map, point to each datacenter area to view the space statistics.
5 If a color other than green indicates a potential problem, click Details for the datastore in the pop-up
window to investigate the disk space and disk I/O resources.
What to do next
Identify the datastores with the largest amount of available space for virtual machines.
Identify Datastores with Wasted Space
Identify datastores with the highest amount of wasted space that you can reclaim to improve the efficiency of
your virtual infrastructure.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to a vSphere Client and that vCenter Operations Manager is open.
Procedure
1 Click the Analysis tab.
2 In the heat map gallery, narrow the scope from the drop-down menu to display the datastore waste.
Option Action
Focus Area
Select Storage.
Smallest Box Shows
Select Datastore.
Description
Select Which datastores have the most wasted space and total space usage?
3 Click the Which datastores have the most wasted space and total space usage? view.
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