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# Datastore Cluster

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      <p> Object </p>
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      <p> Counter </p>
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      <p> Instance </p>
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      <p> Definition </p>
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      <p> VMDatastoreCluster </p>
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    <td style="height:20px; border-top:none; border-left:none;">
      <p><a name="pressure" id="pressure"/> diskPressure </p>
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      <p> _Total </p>
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    <td style="width:45%; border-top:none; border-left:none;">
      <p> The ratio of allocated storage to storage capacity, expressed as a percentage. This percentage can be greater than 100 if thin-provisioning (storage overcommit) is used extensively. </p>
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      <p> VMDatastoreCluster </p>
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    <td style="height:20px; border-top:none; border-left:none;">
      <p><a name="freeGB" id="freeGB"/> freeGB </p>
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      <p> _Total </p>
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      <p> Amount of disk space (in GB) that is not currently used for this datastore cluster. </p>
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      <p> VMDatastoreCluster </p>
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    <td style="height:20px; border-top:none; border-left:none;">
      <p><a name="freePct" id="freePct"/> freePct </p>
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      <p> _Total </p>
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    <td style="width:45%; border-top:none; border-left:none;">
      <p> Amount of disk space (in percent) that is not currently used for this datastore cluster. </p>
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    <td style="height:20px; border-top:none;">
      <p> VMDatastoreCluster </p>
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    <td style="height:20px; border-top:none; border-left:none;">
      <p><a name="usedPct" id="usedPct"/> usedPct </p>
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      <p> _Total </p>
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      <p> Amount of space in use for this datastore cluster (in percent). </p>
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      <p> VMDatastoreCluster </p>
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    <td style="height:20px; border-top:none; border-left:none;">
      <p><a name="vmTotal" id="vmTotal"/> vmTotal </p>
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      <p> _Total </p>
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    <td style="width:45%; border-top:none; border-left:none;">
      <p> Number of VMs whose disks reside on the datastore cluster. This number includes both virtual machines and VM templates. </p>
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