Release Notes

51 Analyzing Dell PS Series Storage with SAN Headquarters | TR1050
3.8 Example 8: VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes
Starting with ESX 6.0, a new feature is available with VMware
®
vSphere
®
known as Virtual Volumes, or vVols. This
feature is supported on PS Series firmware version 8 and later and SAN Headquarters 3.1 and later. vVols are different
from the traditional PS Series volumes and have their own views to show capacity and performance.
Information about SAN HQ vVols:
• Volumes are not associated with vVols they are a separate object type.
• I/O graphs show all the I/O to the Group, Pool or member that has vVols.
• Containers have vVols and their associated files. Several file types are associated with a vVol including – config
(.), data (.vmdk) and swap (.vswp).
• Most application I/O is associated with the data (.vmdk) files within a vVol.
• The minimum interval for vVols in Live View is 35 seconds.
vVol capacity may be viewed with SAN HQ in several ways:
• Within the group Capacity panel, select Storage Container, VVols, or VMs to view the capacity attributes.
Figure 37 Capacity of all vVol types within a vVol virtual machine (VMs)
• From All Group Summaries navigate to Volume Capacity Summary (either select the volume type in the
search or view the vVol).