Dashboard

Monitor storage capacity, volume usage, and backend configurations across your Private Cloud Director environment.

Overview

Use the storage dashboard to monitor storage consumption, review backend volume configurations, and identify volumes not attached to any virtual machine. The dashboard reflects the current storage state for the selected tenant and region.

To access the storage dashboard, navigate to Storage > Dashboard.

Storage Indicators

The top of the dashboard displays four storage indicators:

• Block Storage Quota shows the block storage quota assigned to the selected tenant. This indicator is tenant-scoped, indicated by the Scope: Tenant tooltip. When the tenant has no quota limit, an infinity symbol is displayed. Use this to determine how much of the tenant's block storage allocation remains before provisioning new volumes.
• Volume backends show the number of volume backends configured in your cluster blueprint. A volume backend is the mapping between PCD and a physical storage device, defined as part of your cluster blueprint. At least one volume backend must be configured before you can provision persistent volumes. For more information, see Volume.
• Attached volumes show the count of volumes currently in use by virtual machines. Select See all to view these volumes on the Volumes.
• Detached volumes show the count of volumes not attached to any virtual machine. Select See all to view these volumes on the Volumes.

NOTE

Detached volumes continue to consume storage capacity. Review them periodically to determine whether they should be attached to a virtual machine or deleted.

Volume backend configurations

The dashboard lists each configured volume backend along with its backend configurations and volume types. You must have at least one volume backend configured in your cluster blueprint to see data in this section. For more information, see Volume.

Each backend row shows the backend name and at-a-glance counts: Provisioned Storage (the total storage provisioned by volumes on that backend), Volume Types, Volumes, Attached (volumes attached to virtual machines), Detached (volumes not attached to a virtual machine), and VMs. The Provisioned Storage column is tenant-scoped, indicated by the Scope: Tenant tooltip. Use it to see how much storage each backend has provisioned for the selected tenant.

Each volume backend entry expands to show:

• Volume backend configurations: A table listing the name, storage driver, and number of key-value configuration pairs for each backend configuration. Use this to confirm that the correct driver and connection settings are applied to a backend.
• Volume types: A table listing the volume type name, its Provisioned Storage (the total storage provisioned by volumes of that type, tenant-scoped and indicated by the Scope: Tenant tooltip), the count of attached and detached volumes, and an optional description. Use this to understand how storage is distributed across volume types and which types have unattached volumes that may need attention.

NOTE

The names shown in your dashboard, such as backend and volume type names, reflect the values configured in your cluster blueprint.

Next steps

After reviewing the dashboard, you can take the following actions:

• Attach a detached volume: If detached volumes are consuming capacity unnecessarily, attach them to a virtual machine or delete them. See Attach or Detach Volume.
• Expand storage capacity: If the tenant's block storage quota is near its limit, add a new volume backend in your cluster blueprint. See Create a Volume Backend.
• Review volume types: If a volume type has unexpected detached volumes, review the volumes list to determine whether they are still needed. See Volume.