VM Cluster Summary

Lists all ESX Clusters configured in the scope, one line item per cluster with aggregated capacity utilization and High Availability (HA) metrics illustrated.

VM Files Summary

View specific files associated with a VM. This report is key to identifying reclaimable storage.

VM Server Summary

List the VM Servers, with CPU, Memory, Disk, and Datastore Usage. Drill down to specific VM details, such as VM Server Details and Physical Disk Utilization. Use this report to view the list of Virtual Machine Servers, with access to reports that provide details to help you determine what is using the space on a datastore. This report lists ESX servers, one line item for each physical server, with usage and status information.

VM Snapshot Summary

VM snapshots identifying capacity associated with each snapshot, when the snapshot was created, by guest, ESX server and Datastore. Used for identifying out-of-date snapshots.

VM Storage Mapping Summary

Maps the VMs to the physical disks. Use this report to see the relationships among the ESX servers, datastores, and physical storage.

VM Summary

View the list of Virtual Machines, including capacity usage and VM status. Lists ESX servers, one line item for each physical server with usage and status. Drill down to view details, including Datastore and Logical Disk Utilization.

Datastore Usage Breakdown

View pie charts that represent the usage by file type, such as VMDK, VM not in Inventory, non-VM files, and free space. The usage value for Non-VM Files includes metadata—system files that comprise system overhead.

Datastore Utilization

Identify what storage is in use and where it is located. Link to details to view Extents and the corresponding Physical Disk details. Also, link to the array from which the storage has been provisioned.

Physical Disk Utilization

List physical disks associated with VMs, along with Array and LUN mappings. This report can help with resource balancing by providing insight into host/cluster/resource pool utilization.

Datastore Performance Summary

Lists Datastores with disk I/O statistics, including read/write latency. Disk Read and Write Latency is available only for ESX Hosts (not VMs). Therefore, latency performance charts are available only for partitions of Type=Host.

Physical Disk Performance Over Time

View charts of physical disk performance over time, with drilldowns to VM details. Mouse over points on the graphs to view the number of reads and writes, along with latency values.

Physical Disk Performance Summary

Lists physical disks with I/O statistics, including read/write latency. Use the Show Chart option to graph the statistics.

VM Performance Over Time

Charts of CPU, Memory, Disk I/O Usage, and Disk Write Latency over time. Disk Read and Write Latency is available only for ESX Hosts (not VMs). Therefore, latency performance charts are available only for partitions of Type=Host.

VM Performance Summary

Report on CPU and Memory usage, enabling insight into storage access bottlenecks. Enables a Storage Administrator to have an at-a-glance look at I/O performance statistics: CPU, Memory, and Disk I/O. In addition, Disk I/O is broken out into reads and writes, with latency statistics. Also provides the necessary CPU Ready States and CPU Wait States to determine if an ESX host can handle another VM Guest.

Datastore Capacity Forecast

View average capacity and forecasted usage graphs for each Datastore. Drill down to Datastore details including type, location, associated VMs and number of arrays.

VM Size Forecast

View graphs that project growth, based on historical usage. Drill down to view VM server details.

VMs Over Time

Shows how VM servers have been organized into ESX Clusters or grouped by host group (scope selector option). Offers a historical perspective on the number of VM Guests being offered by the ESX Cluster or host group. Includes drill down to VM Summary for member VM Guests. Helps to illustrate the growth of their virtualized environments that are clustered.