IBM Storage Virtualize Pools Report

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Run the IBM® Storage Virtualize Pool report to display the storage utilization of your IBM storage pools. View the total and free space available and the number of volumes and disks that make up your IBM storage pools.

Before you begin

Create and run an IBM Storage Virtualize inventory job. You can select one or more IBM providers in a single job definition for cataloging. See Creating an IBM Storage Virtualize inventory job definition.

Use the IBM Storage Virtualize Pools report to answer questions such as:
  • What is the volume count of a specific storage pool?
  • How many child pools are associated with a specific storage pool?

Parameters

Use the following parameters to customize your report:

  • Storage Array

    Multiple selections are supported.

  • Detail View Filter

    Available options include Warning Exceeded or All. Select Warning Exceeded to view storage pools in which the usage exceeds the warning threshold.

Quick View

The Quick View section displays a pie chart of used and free space on your storage pools. Use the IBM Host parameter to display storage pools on all storage systems or a specific storage system.
Note: The Quick View section is only modified through the IBM Host parameter.

Summary View

The following fields and corresponding data display in the Summary View section of the IBM Storage Virtualize Pools report:

Storage Array
The name of the storage virtualizer as known to IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management.
Storage Pools
The number of storage pools on the IBM storage system.
Volume Count
The number of volumes that make up the storage pool.
Capacity
The total amount of MDisk storage that is assigned to the storage pool.
Allocated
The total storage allocated to volumes within the storage pool.
Virtual Capacity
The total virtual size of all the volume copies that are associated with the storage pool.
Child Pool Capacity
The capacity of the associated child pool, if available.
Child Pools
The number of associated child pools, if available.

Detail View

The following fields and corresponding data display in the Detail View section of the IBM Storage Virtualize Pools report:

Storage Pool
The name of the storage pool and associated child pools. Note that child pool capacities are not included in column totals.
Storage Array
The name of the storage virtualizer as known to IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management.
Capacity
The total amount of MDisk storage that is assigned to the storage pool.
Allocated
The total storage allocated to volumes within the storage pool.
Virtual Capacity
The total virtual size of all the volume copies that are associated with the storage pool.
External Virtual Capacity
The aggregate capacity of the managed and image mode MDisks from storage controllers virtualized using the “External Virtualization” feature of the chosen IBM storage systems.
Volumes
The number of volume copies that are in the storage pool.
Disk Count
The number of MDisks in the storage pool.
Status
The status of the MDisk with the highest priority status in the group, excluding image mode MDisks
Warning

A warning is generated when the assigned amount of space in the storage pool exceeds this level.

%

The percentage of space used on the storage pool.

% Used/Free
A status bar that displays the used space on the storage pool.