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  4. Storage Optimization Solution Reports
  5. VMs Not in Inventory

VMs Not in Inventory

Explore your data center using customizable report templates or by using parts of your IT infrastructure as entry points. Use Search to find reports, templates and dashboards across the portal.

Use the Reports tab to examine the catalog of templates, dashboards and reports - organized by products along with user-created, and system folders. This report is located here:

Solutions > Storage Optimization > Storage Optimization Analysis

Click the VMs Not in VM Inventory sector.

Then, click a File Size link or check several boxes and Show Selected.

Table: VMs Not in Inventory

Column name

Description

Datastore

Name of the datastore associated with the VM.

File Name

Name of the VM file that is not in the inventory.

Top Folder

Top folder for the file location.

File Path

Path of the VM file that is not in the inventory.

Virtual Disk Capacity

Path of the VM file that is not in the inventory.

File Size

Size of the file not in the inventory.

Array List

List of storage arrays associated with datastore.

File Type

Type of the VM file that is not in the inventory.

Last Modified Date

Date and time the VM data was last modified.

Cost per GiB

Cost per GiB for storage associated with this storage optimization rule.

Total Cost

Total cost of the VM files not in inventory.

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