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Monitoring virtual machines
11 Virtual machine power mapping and utilization in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
• UUID–each virtual machine is uniquely identified by their respective UUID and is assumed to be
unique.
• vCPU Count–this is a virtual machine specific metric. It displays the latest CPU count of the virtual
machine.
• vCPU Usage–this is a virtual machine specific metric. It displays the latest CPU usage of a virtual
machine.
• Device CPU Utilization–this is the host server specific metric where the virtual machine is hosted.
This metric displays the latest CPU utilization of the host server.
• Device Power Consumption–this is the host server specific metric where the virtual machine is
hosted. It displays the latest power consumption of the host server.
The API to view specific virtual machine details are
https://<IP>/api/PowerService/VirtualEntities/VirtualMachines(<ID>)/Details
For more information about the Power Manager APIs, see the OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager API
document available on the support site.