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VMware NFS hosted on NetApp Datastore space discrepancies

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • VMware
  • NFS

Issue

  • VMware NFS hosted on NetApp Datastore space discrepancies
    • VMware datastore X - Summary
      • NFS3 - ds:///vmfs/volumes/<id> - Capacity: 11.88TB - Free: 5.18TB - Used:6.7 TB
      • VM's: thin-provisioned disks
        Name  State       Status  Provisioned Space  Used Space  Host CPU  Host Mem
        A     Powered On  Normal    1.55TB           433.44GB    1.66GHz   24.04GB
        B     Powered On  Normal     100GB            69.16GB     670MHz    4.04GB
        C     Powered On  Normal      80GB            56.14GB     191MHz    8.06GB
        D     Powered On  Normal     100GB            40.85GB     638MHz    4.04GB
        E     Powered On  Normal      88GB             4.41GB     159MHz    9.54GB
        Total                     369.55TB           604.00GB
    • ONTAP volume X
      • ::> volume show -vserver <vserver> -volume X -fields used, available, size
            vserver        volume            size    available used
            -------------- ----------------- ------- --------- ------
            <vserver>      X                 12.50TB 5.18TB    1.20TB
  • Differences (6.7TB (VMware used) - 1.20TB (ONTAP used) = 5.5TB)
    • VMware
      • Capacity: 11.88TB - Free: 5.18TB - Used:6.7TB (VM's used space: 604.00GB)
    • ONTAP
      • size: 12.50TB - available:5.18TB - used: 1.20TB

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