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Overview
The Storage views leverage the storage connectors to collect all the metrics required for:
- allocating storage capacity to new servers
- analyzing storage capacity utilization
- keeping an eye on over-subscribed thin pools
- planning for additional storage capacity
- reclaiming unused storage capacity
- reporting the capacity consumed per host
- reporting the capacity consumed per share
- generating reports
Certified data sources
The certified data sources for these views are as follows:
- Storage – Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager Extractor
- Storage – EMC SMI-S Agent Extractor
- Storage – EMC XtremIO Management Server Extractor
- Storage – Hitachi Device Manager Extractor
- Storage – HP 3PAR Extractor
- Storage – IBM SVC-Storwize CIM Agent Extractor
- Storage – IBM XiV Extractor
- Storage – NetApp Data ONTAP Extractor
Depending on the storage systems that compose your datacenter, you will have to configure and run one or several of these ETL modules to import data into the view. For more information, see:
Data visibility
The views display data for:
- hosts
- storage systems
- storage filers
- storage pools
- storage volumes
- storage shares
Using the views