VMware Orphaned Datastores Report
Review the datastores that do not have any virtual machines assigned to them, or if virtual machines are assigned to the datastores, view the virtual machines that are in an inaccessible state.
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.
Parameters
Use the following parameters to customize your report:
- vCenter
- ESX Host
Multiple selections are supported.
The default report parameters report on all ESX hosts and vCenters.
Orphaned Datastores
The following fields and corresponding data display in the Orphaned Datastores section of the VMware Orphaned 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.
- Capacity
- The capacity of the datastore.
- Provisioned Space
- The amount of space on the datastore allocated for virtual disk files.
- Free Space
- The amount of free space on the datastore.
- % Used/Free
Detail View
The following fields and corresponding data display in the Detail View section of the VMware LUNs report:
- LUN Name
- The name of the LUN.
- LUN ID
- The unique identification number of the LUN.
- Storage Vendor
- The name of the storage vendor of the LUN.
- ESX Host (vCenter)
- The host node where the LUN resides.
- Datastore(s)
- Datastore(s)
- Capacity
- The total capacity of the LUN.
- Transport Type
- The method through which data is transferred. For example, fiber channel or iSCSI.
- RDM
- The raw device mapping type. For example, physical or virtual.