ESX Device List Much Shorter Between Various ESX Reports

Question

We are trying to run a few reports on some ESX devices that we have in Storage Manager.  I am having a discrepancy in the number of devices in the "STORAGE - Datastore" Report and the "STOAGE - Datastore Thin Provisioning" Report.  In the "Datastore" report, I see all of our ESX devices (~ 100) and are able to run the report on them.  On the "Datastore - Thin Provisioning" Report I am only seeing a fraction (~30) of the devices in Storage Manager.  Is there a reason why I am missing about 70 ESX devices on the Thin Provisioning report?

Thanks!

bharris1 · Answer

According to the person wanting to run the reports - yes those hosts do have VMs that are thin provisioned.

I did notice that when I drill down into one of the ESX devices that is not showing in the report that the "Thin Provisioning" screen under "STORAGE" tab is blank. Does somethingneed to be enabled that ESX host or the provider that allows the Thin Provision data to be collected?

Or maybe the data stores aren't Thin Provisioned and it is working as it should....

bmrad · Answer

Do all of the hosts have VMs that are thin provisioned?

In general, the Storage Manager reporter tries to show options that are available in the data of the report.