VMwareDatastoreCluster

Server Manager supports the discovery and monitoring of VMware Datastore Cluster. A VMware Datastore Cluster is an aggregation of datastores. The Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) feature of VMware vSphere 5.0 allows the aggregation of datastores into a datastore cluster.

The core functionalities of Storage DRS are:

• Initial VM replacement

• VM migration recommendation, both manual and automated

• Maintenance mode

• Placement of virtual machines based on utilized diskspace, latency and LUN performance capabilities

  VMwareDatastore cluster provides a representation of VMwareDatastore cluster.

  Figure 1. VMwareDatastore cluster

  

  The VMware Datastore cluster is represented by the class VMwareDatastoreCluster in the ESM topology.

  VMwareDatastoreCluster is defined by the following relationships:

• ComposedOf relationship with VMwareDatastore

• PartOf relationship with VMDataCenter

• ServesVMs relationship with VirtualMachines