# Microsoft Storage Spaces Storage Spaces is the monitoring module for Microsoft Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). You can monitor performance counters and get inventory reports for your Storage Spaces environments. You can reach Storage Spaces module monitoring and reports via left menu.
## ***Module Reports*** VirtualMetric collects following inventory reports for Storage Spaces module. **Bare Metal Reports** ```markup Change Tracking Event Log Security Log Firewall Log Best Practices Pending Updates TCP Connections Security Threats File Change Tracking User Sessions Processes Services Hotfix Programs Windows Features Windows Defender Firewall Rules Network Teaming Startup Commands Local DNS Records Administrators ``` **Cluster Reports** ```markup Cluster Network Cluster Aware Update ``` ## ***Module Counters*** VirtualMetric collects following performance counters for Storage Spaces module.
**Processor** ```markup % C1 Time % C2 Time % C3 Time % DPC Time % Idle Time % Interrupt Time % Privileged Time % Processor Time % User Time C1 Transitions/sec C2 Transitions/sec C3 Transitions/sec DPC Rate DPCs Queued/sec Interrupts/sec ``` **Memory** ```markup Available MBytes Pages/Sec Page Faults/Sec % Committed Bytes In Use Free System Page Table Entries Pool Nonpaged Bytes Pool Paged Bytes ``` **Paging File** ```markup % Usage ``` **Network Interface** ```markup Bytes Received/Sec Bytes Sent/Sec Packets Received/Sec Packets Sent/Sec Output Queue Length ``` **LogicalDisk** ```markup Disk Reads/Sec Disk Writes/Sec Disk Read Bytes/Sec Disk Write Bytes/Sec % Idle Time Split IO/Sec Current Disk Queue Length Avg. Disk Read Queue Length Avg. Disk Write Queue Length Avg. Disk Sec/Read Avg. Disk Sec/Write ``` **PhysicalDisk** ```markup Disk Reads/Sec Disk Writes/Sec Disk Read Bytes/Sec Disk Write Bytes/Sec % Idle Time Split IO/Sec Current Disk Queue Length Avg. Disk Read Queue Length Avg. Disk Write Queue Length Avg. Disk Sec/Read Avg. Disk Sec/Write ``` **Cluster CSV File System** ```markup IO Reads/Sec IO Writes/Sec IO Read Bytes/Sec IO Write Bytes/Sec Redirected Reads/Sec Redirected Writes/Sec Redirected Read Bytes/sec Redirected Write Bytes/sec Read Queue Length Write Queue Length Read Latency Write Latency Redirected Read Queue Length Redirected Write Queue Length Redirected Read Latency Redirected Write Latency Disk IO Reads/Sec Cache Read/Sec ``` **Cluster CSV Volume Cache** ```markup Cache Size - Configured Cache Size - Current Disk IO Read - Bytes/Sec Cache IO Read - Bytes/sec LRU Cache Size - Current LRU Cache Size - Target ``` ## ***User Permissions*** If you want to use non-administrator user for VirtualMetric, you need to add the following changes for the user account in addition to Bare Metal permissions. **Cluster Access Permissions** To enable Windows Failover Cluster monitoring, you need to run the code below: ```markup Grant-ClusterAccess -User Domain\vmetricuser -ReadOnly ``` ## ***Requirements*** Following Windows features are required to monitor Microsoft Storage Spaces: ```markup Failover Cluster Module for Windows PowerShell ``` You can install required features with following PowerShell command: ```markup Get-WindowsFeature RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell | Add-WindowsFeature ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.virtualmetric.com/modules-and-audit/virtualmetric-modules/microsoft-storage-spaces.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.