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  3. Section V. Report Reference
  4. Risk Mitigation Solution Reports
  5. VM Datastore Forecast

VM Datastore Forecast

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 > Risk Mitigation > Risk Mitigation Analysis

Click the VM Datastore Forecastsector.

This report examines VMWare datastore statistics for the number of weeks in the defined period to forecast the date when storage will run out within a three year period.

Table: VM Datastore Forecast

Column name

Description

Datastore

Datastore name.

Date Range: First Week

Date range of the first week's calculations.

Max Used

First week's maximum used capacity for the datastore within the selected number of statistics' days.

Date Range: Last Week

Date range of the last week's calculations.

Max Used

Last week's maximum used capacity for the datastore within the selected number of statistics' days.

Current Total Capacity

Current total capacity for the datastore.

Current Available Capacity

Current available capacity for the datastore.

Threshold %

Defined capacity threshold percentage. This applies to current or forecasted capacity.

Days Left (Linear)

Number of days remaining until the datastore reaches the capacity threshold percentage by using Linear Analysis.

Reach Threshold Date (Linear)

Week over week Linear Analysis of when the datastore will reach the specified total capacity threshold percentage.

Days Left (POP)

Number of days remaining until the datastore reaches the threshold by using POP Analysis.

Reach Threshold Date (POP)

Week over week POP Analysis of when the datastore will reach the specified total capacity threshold percentage.

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