Viewing cluster storage information – HP OneView for VMware vCenter User Manual

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Datastores

This section lists the datastores provisioned from the selected host to VMs. For each datastore,
move the cursor over the status bar to view storage information.

The following information is displayed for each datastore:

Virtual disks—Number of virtual disks on datastores provisioned from the selected host to VMs

Total—Amount of storage provisioned on the host as virtual disks (VMDKs or RDMs)

Used—Amount of storage used on the host as virtual disks (VMDKs or RDMs)

% Savings—Amount of storage saved through the use of VMware-based thin provisioning

Viewing detailed information

Click the Storage Volumes, Virtual Disks, HBAs, Paths, Replications, or VMs to Volumes tab to view
detailed information about the selected host. For information about the values displayed in these
tabs, see the following:

“Viewing storage volumes” (page 58)

“Viewing virtual disks” (page 61)

“Viewing HBAs” (page 61)

“Viewing paths” (page 61)

“Viewing replications” (page 64)

“Viewing VMs to volumes” (page 65)

Viewing cluster storage information

To view storage information for a cluster:
1.

Select a cluster 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 storage summary displays information about HP storage and includes a graphical
representation of the information.

Viewing summary information

The storage summary displays the following information about the selected cluster:

HP Storage Provisioned to Cluster

Volumes—Number of volumes available to the cluster from configured HP storage systems
and whether any are thin-provisioned

HP Storage Provisioned—Amount of storage available to the cluster from configured HP storage
systems

HP Storage Used—Amount of storage from configured HP storage systems that is used by the
cluster

NOTE:

The HP Storage Used value can differ from the HP Storage Provisioned value if thin

provisioning or demand-allocated snapshots are used.

Using the Storage Module for vCenter

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