Datastore data collected by Discovery

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
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    • Discovery identifies each datastore in the system and creates the relationships with the virtual machines and the ESX servers that use these datastores.

    Datastores

    Discovery uses the VMWare - vCenter Datastores probe to collect this data from datastores.
    Field Label Table Name Column Name Description
    Accessible VMware vCenter Datastore [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datastore] accessible Whether the datastore is collected or not.
    Capacity (GB) VMware vCenter Datastore [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datastore] capacity Amount of space provided by the datastore.
    Clustered VMware vCenter Datastore [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datastore] clustered If the datastore is clustered (belongs to a storage pod).
    Free space (GB) VMware vCenter Datastore [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datastore] freespace Amount of space still available on the datastore.
    Type VMware vCenter Datastore [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datastore] type The type of file system volume, such as WFS or NFS.
    URL VMware vCenter Datastore [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datastore] url The unique URL locator for the datastore.

    HostMounts

    Discovery uses both the VMWare - vCenter ESX Hosts and VMWare - vCenter Datastores probes to collect datastore host mount data.
    Field label Table Column
    Accessible VMware Datastore HostMount [vcenter_datastore_hostmount] accessible
    Access Mode VMware Datastore HostMount [vcenter_datastore_hostmount] access_mode
    VMware vCenter Datastore VMware Datastore HostMount [vcenter_datastore_hostmount] datastore
    ESX Server VMware Datastore HostMount [vcenter_datastore_hostmount] esx_server
    vCenter Reference VMware Datastore HostMount [vcenter_datastore_hostmount] vcenter_ref