Verify Configuration for Automatic Space Reclamation

After you configure or edit space reclamation parameters for a VMFS6 datastore, you can review your configuration.

Procedure

1. Navigate to the datastore.
2. Click the Configure tab.
3. Click General, and verify the space reclamation settings.
   1. Under Properties, expand File system and review the value for the space reclamation granularity.
   2. Under Space Reclamation, review the setting for the space reclamation priority.

Example: Obtaining Parameters for VMFS6 Space Reclamation

You can also use the esxcli storage vmfs reclaim config get -l=VMFS_label|-u=VMFS_uuid command to obtain information for the space reclamation configuration.

# esxcli storage vmfs reclaim config get -l my_datastore 
Reclaim Granularity: 1048576 Bytes 
Reclaim Priority: low