Viewing capacity information

View the capacity and space usage information of resources such as block storage systems, volumes, and pools. You can view similar information for filesets, file systems, and file system pools as internal resources of file storage systems. You can view information for containers as internal resources of object storage systems. Additionally, you can view capacity and space usage information for resources that violated a specified capacity range and generated an alert.

Before you begin

Before you view the capacity and space usage of resources, ensure that capacity data was collected for those resources during the time ranges that you want to analyze. Data collection is usually scheduled when resources are added for monitoring by IBM Spectrum Control.

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Capacity charts for block storage
Table 1. View capacity charts for block storage
Actions Navigation
View capacity charts for block storage systems.
  1. From the Storage menu, click Block Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click one or more storage systems and click View Capacity.
View the capacity charts for all block storage pools.
  1. From the Storage menu, click Pools.
  2. Right-click one or more pools and click View Capacity.
View the capacity chart for the pools in a storage system.
  1. From the Storage menu, click Block Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click the storage system and click View Details.
  3. In the navigation menu, click Pools.
  4. Right-click one or more pools and click View Capacity.
View the capacity chart for all of the compressed, thin-provisioned, and Easy Tier® volumes.
  1. From the Storage menu, click Volumes.
  2. Right-click one or more volumes that are compressed, or thin-provisioned, or enabled for Easy Tier, and then click View Capacity.
View the capacity chart for all of the compressed, thin-provisioned, and Easy Tier volumes in the storage system.
  1. From the Storage menu, click Block Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click the storage system and click View Details.
  3. In the navigation menu, click Volumes.
  4. Right-click one or more volumes that are compressed, or thin-provisioned, or enabled for Easy Tier, and then click View Capacity.
Capacity charts for file storage
Table 2. View capacity charts for file storage
Actions Navigation
View capacity charts for all of the filesets in a file storage system.
  1. From the Storage menu, click File Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click the storage system and click View Details.
  3. In the navigation menu, click Filesets.
  4. Right-click one or more filesets and click View Capacity.
View the capacity charts for all of the file systems in a file storage system.
  1. From the Storage menu, click File Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click the storage system and click View Details.
  3. In the navigation menu, click File Systems.
  4. Right-click one or more file systems and click View Capacity.
View the capacity charts for all of the file system pools in a file storage system.
  1. From the Storage menu, click File Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click the storage system and click View Details.
  3. In the navigation menu, click File System Pools.
  4. Right-click one or more file system pools and click View Capacity.
Capacity charts for object storage
Table 3. View capacity charts for object storage
Actions Navigation
View the capacity charts for all of the containers in an object storage system.
  1. From the Storage menu, click Object Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click the storage system and click View Details.
  3. In the navigation menu, click Containers.
  4. Right-click one or more containers and click View Capacity.
Capacity charts for tiers
Table 4. View capacity charts for tiers
Actions Navigation
View the capacity charts for tiers.
  1. From the Groups menu, click Tiers.
  2. Right-click one or more tiers and click View Capacity.