VMware Datastores Report

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Review the storage utilization of your VMware datastores, including the total free space, provisioned space, and capacities. Run the VMware Datastores report to view your datastores, the number of virtual machines on the datastores, and the percentage of space available.

Before you begin

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

Use the VMware Datastores report to answer questions such as:
  • What is the file system type of a datastore?
  • How many virtual machines are available on a datastore?
  • What is the host node where the datastore resides?
  • What is the free and provisioned space on a datastore?

Parameters

Use the following parameters to customize your report:

  • vCenter
  • ESX Host

    Multiple selections are supported.

  • Detail View Filter

The default report parameters report on all datastores with 80% space used, all vCenters, and all ESX Hosts.

Quick View

The Quick View section displays a pie chart of used and free space on your datastores. Use the ESX Host parameter to display datastores on all hosts or a specific host.
Note: The Quick View section is only modified through the ESX Host parameter.

Summary View

The following fields and corresponding data display in the Summary View section of the VMware Datastores report:

Datastore Type
The file system types used by your datastores. For example, NFS or VMFS.
Datastore Count
The number of datastores associated with the datastore type.
Capacity
The total capacity of the datastore by file system type.
Provisioned Space
The amount of space on the datastore allocated for virtual disk files by file system type.
Free Space
The space available on the datastore by file system type.

Detail View

The following fields and corresponding data display in the Detail View section of the VMware Datastores report:

Datastore
The name of the datastore.
ESX Host (vCenter)
The host node where the datastore resides. More than one datastore can reside on an ESX host.
Type
The file system type of the datastore. For example, NFS or VMFS.
VM Count
The number of virtual machines on the datastore.
Capacity
The capacity of the datastore.
Provisioned Space
The amount of space on the datastore allocated for virtual disk files.
Free Space
The space available on the datastore.
% Used/Free
The percentage of space used on the datastore and a visual indicator of the amount of space used and available.