Watchlist page in the vSphere Infrastructure view
The data in the page is grouped under two tabs. Click a tab to view the metrics in that page. Metrics per datastore are displayed in a tabular format.
Overprovisioned datastores
The Overprovisioned datastores page displays details for datastores whose total provisioned space for the virtual machine disks is greater than the actual capacity. An overprovisioned datastore has virtual machines (with disks) that do not need the entire provisioned datastore space simultaneously. You can set up notification alarms when the provisioned space reaches a certain threshold.
The Overprovisioned Datastores table shows datastores with peak utilizations over a threshold. Each row corresponds to a datastore and provides the following information.
High latency datastores
The High latency datastores page displays details for datastores with resource contention issues in a table. To access this page, click the High latency datastores tab. Each row in the table corresponds to a datastore and provides the following information.
Detailed information about a specific vSphere datastore
To view the details page for a specific vSphere datastore, click its (hyper-linked) name under the Datastore column. You can use the sorting and filtering options on the page to find a specific datastore cluster.
For more information, see Managing-charts-and-tables-in-Views and Filtering-data-displayed-in-Views.
The Datastore details page displays information under the following sections or panels:
Section or Panel | Description |
|---|---|
Summary page | A quick graphical summary of the datastore space and capacity utilization, and read/write rate and latency details. At the bottom of the chart is a link that takes you to the corresponding Data Explorer view. The data displayed in Data Explorer view charts is based on the time filter that is applied to the primary view in this tab. You can change the time period in the Data Explorer view for the selected resource, to view charts over a different time resolution. |
Configuration Details page | Configuration information about the datastore. |
Associated Systems page | Name and system type details for all vSphere systems, such as clusters, hosts, VMs, that are associated with the selected datastore. |
Recommendations panel | All available recommendations for the datastore. For more information, see Recommendations-page-in-the-vSphere-Infrastructure-view. |
Tags panel | List of tags that are associated with the cluster. You can assign or remove tags by using the Edit Tags option from the Tags action menu. |
Example
Consider the following example to view a list of datastores whose provisioned storage is greater than its actual capacity or that have read or write latency issues: