Dell PowerStore Virtualization Infrastructure Guide

Monitoring and managing vVols

You can use PowerStore Manager to view essential information about vVols through the storage container or VM to which they are connected.

• From the Storage > Storage Containers page, select the storage container name. On the details page for the storage container, select the Virtual Volumes card.
• If the PowerStore cluster is connected to a vCenter Server, you can view vVols in the context of their VMs. From the Compute > Virtual Machines page, select the name of the VM . On the details page for the VM, select the Virtual Volumes card.

The main view shows the name of each vVol, what type of vVol it is, the amount of logical used space, the amount of space that is provisioned, when it was created, its storage container, and its I/O priority. The table can be filtered, sorted, refreshed to show changes, and exported to a spreadsheet. You can select a single vVol for migration to another appliance. You can select multiple vVols to collect support materials or add or remove them from the dashboard watchlist.

To view more details about a vVol, select the name of vVol. You can monitor and manage the vVol properties available on the following cards:

• Capacity—This card displays current and historical usage details for the vVol. You can view data for the past two years, one month, or 24 hours, print the chart, and download the chart data as an image or CSV file.
• Performance—This card displays interactive line charts with latency, IOPS, bandwidth, and I/O operation size history for the vVol. You can view data for the past two years, one month, 24 hours, or one hour and download the chart data as an image or CSV file.
• Protection—This card displays snapshots and replication sessions for the vVol.

To view the properties of the vVol, select the pencil icon next to the vVol name.