VMware Monitors

Datacenter Performance and Cluster Performance Monitor Metrics

The following VMware vSphere metric types for datacenter or cluster performance can be used to configure thresholds in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor:

Configuring Datacenter Performance or Cluster Performance Monitors

To configure a Datacenter Performance or Cluster Performance monitor, do the following:

1. Select the monitor from the Add Service Monitor window, in the VMware Monitors section.
2. Click Continue to begin configuring the service monitor.
3. Complete the monitor information fields.
   See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields.
4. In the Cluster Performance Settings section, configure the monitor’s warning- and critical-level threshold values:
   
   • Time Interval
   • Number of Running VMs
   • Number of Running Hosts
   • CPU Consumed
   • Memory Consumed
     For more information on these metrics, see Datacenter Performance and Cluster Performance Monitor Metrics.
     For more information about setting thresholds and response time, see Configuring Warning and Critical Thresholds.
5. Complete the following settings:
   
   • Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
   • Alert Settings (see Monitor Alert Settings for more information)
   • Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
   • Alert Profile settings (see Alert Profiles for more information)
   • Action Profile settings (see Action Profiles for more information)
6. Click Finish.

Resource Pool Performance and vApp Performance Monitor Metrics

The following VMware vSphere metric types for resource pool and vApp performance can be used to configure thresholds in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor :

Configuring Resource Pool Performance or vApp Performance Monitors

To configure a Resource Pool Performance or vApp Performance monitor, do the following:

1. Select the monitor from the Add Service Monitor window, in the VMware Monitors section.
2. Click Continue to begin configuring the service monitor.
3. Complete the monitor information fields.
   See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields.
4. In the Resource Pool Performance Settings section, configure the monitor’s warning- and critical-level threshold values:
   
   • Time Interval
   • Number of Running VMs
   • CPU Consumed
   • Memory Consumed
     For more information on these metrics, see Resource Pool Performance and vApp Performance Monitor Metrics.
     For more information about setting thresholds and response time, see Configuring Warning and Critical Thresholds.
5. Complete the following settings:
   
   • Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
   • Alert Settings (see Monitor Alert Settings for more information)
   • Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
   • Alert Profile settings (see Alert Profiles for more information)
   • Action Profile settings (see Action Profiles for more information)
6. Click Finish.

VM Performance

The VM Instance Performance monitor can trigger alerts on metrics collected through vSync.

To configure a VM Instance Performance monitor, do the following:

1. Select the monitor from the Add Service Monitor window, in the VMware Monitors section.
2. Click Continue to begin configuring the service monitor.
3. Complete the monitor information fields.
   See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields.
   In the VM Instance Performance Settings section, configure the monitor's warning- and critical-level threshold values:
   
   • Time Interval
   • CPU Check
   • Memory Check
   • Swap check
   • Disk I/O Check
   • Network I/O Check
     For more information on these metrics, see VM Instance Performance Monitor Metrics.
     For more information about setting thresholds and response time, see Configuring Warning and Critical Thresholds.
4. Complete the following settings:
   
   • Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
   • Alert Settings (see Monitor Alert Settings for more information)
   • Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
   • Alert Profile settings (see Alert Profiles for more information)
   • Action Profile settings (see Action Profiles for more information)
5. Click Finish.

vSphere ESX Server Performance Monitor Metrics

The following vSphere metric types for ESX server performance can be used to configure thresholds in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor:

Configuring vSphere ESX Server Performance Monitors

To configure a vSphere ESX Server Performance monitor, do the following:

1. Select the monitor from the Add Service Monitor window, in the VMware Monitors section.
2. Click Continue to begin configuring the service monitor.

3. Complete the monitor information fields.
   See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields.

   When selecting an Element associated with this service monitor, only ESX servers monitored in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor via vSync will appear in the Single System list

4. In the vSphere ESX Server Performance Settings section, in the Time Interval sub-section, enter the number of minutes’ worth of time samples that will be used to compare thresholds.
5. For the following metric categories, select the metric unit of measurement, then configure the monitor’s warning- or critical-level threshold values:
   • CPU Usage
   • Memory
   • Swap
   • Disk Device I/O
   • Disk Errors
   • Network I/O
   • Network Errors
     For more information on these metrics, see vSphere ESX Server Performance Monitor Metrics.
     For more information about setting thresholds, see Configuring Warning and Critical Thresholds.
6. Complete the following settings:
   • Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
   • Alert Settings (see Monitor Alert Settings for more information)
   • Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
   • Alert Profile settings (see Alert Profiles for more information)
   • Action Profile settings (see Action Profiles for more information)
7. Click Finish.

ESX Advanced Metrics Monitor Metrics

The following ESX server metrics can be used to configure thresholds:

Configuring ESX (Advanced Metrics) Monitors

To configure an ESX (Advanced Metrics) monitor, do the following:

1. Select the monitor from the Add Service Monitor window, in the VMware Monitors section.
2. Click Continue to begin configuring the service monitor.
3. Complete the monitor information fields.
   See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields.
4. In the ESX (Advanced Metrics) Settings section, configure the monitor’s warning- and critical-level alerting thresholds by completing the following fields:
   • Percent Wait
   • Memory Balloon
   • Memory Balloon Target
   • Memory Overhead
   • Memory Swap In
   • Memory Swap Out
   • Memory Zero
   • Memory Swap Used
   • Memory Swap Target
   • Disk Total Latency
   • Disk Kernel Latency
   • Disk Device Latency
   • Disk Queue Latency
   • Disk Commands Aborted
   • Disk Commands Issued
   • Disk Bus Resets
   • Response time
     For more information on these metrics, see ESX Advanced Metrics Monitor Metrics.
     For more information about setting thresholds and response time, see Configuring Warning and Critical Thresholds.
5. Complete the following settings:
   • Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
   • Alert Settings (see Monitor Alert Settings for more information)
   • Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
   • Alert Profile settings (see Alert Profiles for more information)
   • Action Profile settings (see Action Profiles for more information)
6. Click Finish.

ESX Workload Monitor Metrics

The following metrics are used by the ESX Workload monitor:

Modifying an ESX Workload Monitor Configuration

To modify the configuration of a legacy ESX Workload monitor, do the following:

1. If required, change the monitor information fields.
   See Monitor Identification for more information.
2. In the ESX Workload Settings section, modify any of the monitor’s existing warning- or critical-level threshold values:
   • Time Interval
   • CPU Usage
   • Network Bandwidth Usage
   • Disk Usage
   • Memory Usage
   • Percent Ready
   • Percent Used
     For more information on these metrics, see ESX Workload Monitor Metrics.
     For more information about setting thresholds, see Configuring Warning and Critical Thresholds.
3. Complete the following settings:
   • Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
   • Alert Settings (see Monitor Alert Settings for more information)
   • Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
   • Alert Profile settings (see Alert Profiles for more information)
   • Action Profile settings (see Action Profiles for more information)
4. Click Finish.

ESX Server Power State Monitor Status Types

In Uptime Infrastructure Monitor, vSphere hosts will be in one of the following states:

Configuring ESX Server Power State Monitors

To configure an ESX Server Power State monitor, do the following:

1. Select the monitor from the Add Service Monitor window, in the VMware Monitors section.
2. Click Continue to begin configuring the service monitor.
3. Complete the monitor information fields.
   See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields.
   For more information on these power states, see ESX Server Power State Monitor Status Types.

In the main ESX Server Power State Settings section, in the Powered On sub-section, do the following:

1. In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the ESX server’s state is Powered On.
2. From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a powered-on state.
3. From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a powered-on state.

In the Powered Off sub-section, do the following:

1. In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the ESX server’s state is Powered Off.
2. From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a powered-off state.
3. From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a powered-off state.

In the Put on Standby sub-section, do the following:

1. In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the ESX server’s state is Standby.
2. From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a standby state.
3. From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a standby state.

In the Put in Maintenance sub-section, do the following:

1. In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the ESX server’s state is Unknown.
2. From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters an unknown state.
3. From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters an unknown state.

Complete the following settings:

1. Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
2. Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)

Click Finish.

VM Instance Power State Monitor Status Types

A virtual machine’s three basic power states are as follows:

Configuring VM Instance Power State Monitors

To configure a VM Instance Power State monitor, do the following:

Select the monitor from the Add Service Monitor window, in the VMware Monitors section.

Click Continue to begin configuring the service monitor.

Complete the monitor information fields.
See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields.
For more information on these VM power states, see VM Instance Power State Monitor Status Types.

In the main VM Instance Power State Settings section, in the Powered On sub-section, do the following:

1. In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the VM’s state is “powered on”.
2. From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a powered-on state.
3. From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a powered-on state.

In the Powered Off sub-section, do the following:

1. In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the VM’s state is “powered off”.
2. From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a powered-off state.
3. From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a powered-off state.

In the Suspended sub-section, do the following:

1. In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the VM’s state is “suspended”.
2. From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a suspended state.
3. From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a suspended state.

Complete the following settings:

1. Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
2. Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)

Click Finish.