Viewing the virtual machines consuming storage from a VMware datastore in an Organization

Last published : Jul 06, 2026
You can use the Management Server console to view the VMware virtual machines that consume storage from the selected datastore. The information includes the name of the virtual machine, host name, its state, platform, virtualization server that manages the virtual machine, cluster name, and other properties.
You can view this information related to the virtualization servers for which your user group has at least guest role explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization. You can also view the information if your user group has at least guest role assigned on the Virtualization perspective.
To view the virtual machines consuming storage from a VMware datastore in an Organization
  1. In the Management Server console, go to the Virtualization perspective and expand Manage in the left pane.
  2. Select Data Center and click the Organization.
  3. In the Organization, navigate to Datastores , and click the required datastore.
  4. Click the Virtual Machines tab.
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