OPERATIONAL DEFECT DATABASE
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Datastore X usage grows beyond the total size of all virtual machine virtual disks.The discrepancy between reported datastore usage and virtual disk allocation increases over time.No immediate error or alert is triggered, but storage utilization appears abnormal.
The issue is under investigation. Preliminary analysis suggests that additional space consumption may be caused by internal snapshots, logs, or temporary files that are not accounted for in the virtual machine disk size calculation. This results in datastore usage growing disproportionately compared to virtual machine allocations
Current Status: No permanent fix is available yet; the issue is being tracked to be fixed for upcoming releases. Workaround: Monitor datastore usage regularly to prevent capacity exhaustion.If usage approaches critical thresholds, consider migrating virtual machines to another datastore or expanding storage capacity.
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