VMware VM Sprawl Report

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Review the status of your virtual machines, including virtual machines that are powered off, powered on, or suspended. Run the VMware VM Sprawl report to view unused virtual machines, the date and time they were powered off, and virtual machine templates.

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 VM Sprawl report to answer questions such as:
  • What are the names of my virtual machines and associated datastores?
  • How many virtual machines have been powered off for more than 30 days, 90 days, 180 days, or one year? Can I reclaim this space?

Parameters

Use the following parameters to customize your report:
  • vCenter
  • ESX Host

    Multiple selections are supported.

  • Days Since Last Power® Off
  • Days Since Last Suspended
  • Days Since Last Power On

The default report parameters report on all criteria that were last powered on over 180 days ago.

Quick View

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

Detail View - Powered Off VMs

The following fields and corresponding data display in the Detail View - Powered Off VMs section of the VMware VM Sprawl report:

VM Name
The name of the virtual machine.
Powered Off Since
The date and time the virtual machine was last powered off.
ESX Host (vCenter)
The host node where the virtual machine resides.
Resource Pool
The name of the associated resource pool.
Provisioned Space
The amount of space on the datastore allocated for virtual disk files.
Datastore(s)
The name of the associated datastores.

Detail View - Suspended VMs

The following fields and corresponding data display in the Detail View - Suspended VMs section of the VMware VM Sprawl report:

VM Name
The name of the virtual machine.
Suspended Since
The date and time elapsed since the virtual machine was suspended.
ESX Host (vCenter)
The host node where the virtual machine resides. More than one datastore can reside on an ESX host.
Resource Pool
The name of the associated resource pool.
Provisioned Space
The amount of space on the datastore allocated for virtual disk files.
Datastore(s)
The name of the associated datastores.

Detail View - Templates

The following fields and corresponding data display in the Detail View - Templates section of the VMware VM Sprawl report:

Template Name
The name of the virtual machine template.
ESX Host (vCenter)
The host node where the virtual machine template resides.
Provisioned Space
The amount of space on the datastore allocated for virtual disk files.
Datastore(s)
The name of the associated datastores.

Detail View - Powered On VMs

The following fields and corresponding data display in the Detail View - Powered On VMs section of the VMware VM Sprawl report:

VM Name
The name of the virtual machine
Powered On Since
The date and time the virtual machine was last powered on.
ESX Host (vCenter)
The host node where the virtual machine resides.
Resource Pool
The name of the associated resource pool.
Provisioned Space
The amount of space on the datastore allocated for virtual disk files.
Datastore(s)
The name of the associated datastores.