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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
To assess virtual machine disk space with the Context view
1ClickResourcesintheleftpane.
2IntheDatastorestab,clicktheViewDatastoreUsagebutton.
Toviewtheusageonasingledatastore,movethepointeroverthedatastorename
andchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
3ClicktheRefreshDiskSpacebuttontoensurethedataiscurrent.
4Movethepointer
overthevirtualmachinenameandchooseContextfromthe
menu.
Theimageofthevirtualmachinedirectorystructureanddependenciesappears.
Consolidating Virtual Machines After Assessing Datastore
Usage
YoucanconsolidatevirtualmachinesintheVirtualMachineDatastoreUsagepage.For
informationabouttheconsolidateoperation,see“ConsolidatingVirtualMachines”on
page 155.
To consolidate virtual machines after assessing datastore usage
1ClickResourcesintheleftpane.
2IntheDatastorestab,clicktheViewDatastoreUsagebutton.
Toviewtheusageonasingledatastore,movethepointerover
thedatastorename
andchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
3MovethepointeroverthevirtualmachinenameandchooseConsolidatefromthe
menu.
4 Selectadatastoreforthevirtualmachine.
5ClickOK.