HP OneView for VMware vCenter - Manual (Page 57)

Viewing storage information of a virtual machine
To view storage information for a VM:
1.
Select a VM 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:
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From the vSphere Client, select Storage Details from the drop-down list.
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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 Summary tab displays the following information about the selected VM:
HP Storage Provisioned to Virtual Machine
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Volumes—Number of volumes available to the VM from configured HP storage systems and
whether any are thin-provisioned
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HP Storage Provisioned—Amount of storage available to the VM from HP storage systems
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HP Storage Used—Amount of storage from HP storage systems that is used by the VM
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HP Storage ThP Savings—Amount of storage saved through the use of array-based thin
provisioning
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Volumes overprovisioned—Number of over-provisioned volumes
Provisioned by Virtual Machine
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Current storage inventory—Number of datastores, RDMs, and unused volumes provisioned
by the selected VM
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Virtual Machine Provisioned Capacity—Amount of storage provisioned by VMDKs or RDMs
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Virtual Machine Used Capacity—Total amount of storage used by the VM
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Virtual Machine Available Capacity—Amount of storage available to the VM
HP Storage Arrays
This section lists the arrays that provide storage to the selected VM. For each array, move the
cursor over the status bar to view storage information.
The following information is displayed for each array:
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Volumes—Number of volumes presented to the selected VM from the array
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Used—Amount of storage used by the VM from the array.
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Total—Total amount of storage presented to the selected VM from the array
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Free pool capacity—Amount of HP storage available in storage pools on the array
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:
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Virtual disks—Number of virtual disks on datastores provisioned from the selected host to VMs
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Total—Amount of storage provisioned on the host as virtual disks (VMDKs or RDMs)
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