Volume (on-prem)

On-prem volumes represent VM disks discovered by hypervisor targets. A VM will have one volume for each configured disk and another volume (representing the configuration) that always moves with Disk 1.

Synopsis

Volume in the Supply Chain
Synopsis
Provides: Storage resources for VMs to use

Set the scope to a volume and view the Entity Information chart to see a list of VM-related files (such as VMDKs) contained in the volume.

Set the scope to a VM to see a list of volumes attached to the VM.
Consumes: Datacenter resources
Discovered through: Hypervisor targets

Actions

Turbonomic supports the following actions:

  • Move

    Move a VM's volume (virtual storage) due to excess utilization of the current datastore, or for more efficient utilization of datastores in the environment.

    Points to consider:

    • The default global policy includes a setting that directs Turbonomic to use relevant metrics when analyzing and recommending actions for volumes. For details, see Enable Analysis of On-prem Volumes.

    • Turbonomic will not recommend moving a volume to a datastore that is currently in maintenance mode. Any volume in that datastore should move to an active datastore (for example, via vMotion).

  • Reconfigure

    Reconfigure a VM's volume (virtual storage) to comply with placement policies.