Release Notes

21 Dell Virtual Storage Manager: Installation Considerations and Local Data Protection | 2079-BP-V-VSM
3.2 VSM Inventory Datastores view
The Datastores view under VSM Inventory provides a lot of useful information at a glance. The vSphere administrator
can quickly see the capacity, snapshot and replication status of all the datastores in the environment.
Figure 7 VSM Datastores view
This Datastores screen displays the following states:
• The datastore FireflyCITV has a warning status because its Snapshot Space Utilization is exceeding 90%.
• The datastores DSReplicationTest and firefly are both being successfully replicated from the firefly group to
the Serenity group.
• The datastore SyncRepDataStore, which is hosted on the Serenity group, is configured for synchronous
replication, but its Replication Status is currently Paused.
• The datastore VMwithSnapSchedule-clone-11-25-2013-1:26-PM Space Utilization is in a Yellow state because it
is consuming more than 60% of its capacity.
Combining all these statistics from vCenter and the PS Series arrays on one screen provides the vSphere administrator
with a way to quickly check the status of their datastores, snapshots and replicas. This enables them to stay more
informed about their overall environment and to manage it more efficiently.
3.3 Datastore management
Virtualized environments have made it easier to meet the dynamic needs of businesses. VSM enables you to complete
many storage tasks directly from the vSphere Web Client.
A toolbar at the top of the VSM Inventory > Datastores screen provides easy access to starting points for the common
storage tasks such as: creating, resizing, and deleting datastores.
3.3.1 Creating a VMFS datastore
VSM can be used to create a single datastore or multiple datastores, backed by either PS Series block or file storage.
See section 3.3.2, “Creating a vVol datastore”.