Specifications

Prerequisites
To configure statistics settings, the vSphere Client must be connected to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 If necessary, select Administration > Settings to open the vCenter Server Settings dialog
boxvCenter Server.
2 If your environment uses multiple vCenter Servers, in Current vCenter Server, select the server.
3 In the navigation panel, select Statistics.
4 In the Statistics Intervals section, select or deselect a collection interval to enable or disable it.
Enabling a longer interval automatically enables all shorter intervals.
5 To change a collection interval attribute, select its row in the Statistics Interval section and click Edit to
open the Edit Collection Interval dialog box.
a In Keep Samples for, select an archive length.
This option is configurable only for the Day and Year intervals.
b In Statistics Interval, select an interval duration.
This option is configurable only for the Day interval.
c In Statistics Level select a new level interval level.
Level 4 uses the highest number of statistics counters. Use it only for debugging purposes.
The statistics level must be less than or equal to the statistics level set for the preceeding statistics
interval. This is a vCenter Server dependency.
6 (Optional) In the Database Size section, estimate the effect of the statistics settings on the database.
a Enter the number of Physical Hosts.
b Enter the number of Virtual Machines.
The estimated space required and number of database rows required are calculated and displayed.
c If necessary, make changes to your statistics collection settings.
7 Click OK.
Enable or Disable a Statistics Interval
Enabling a statistics interval increases the number of statistics stored in the vCenter Server database. Disabling
a statistics interval disables all subsequent intervals and decreases the number of statistics stored in the
vCenter Server database.
Required privilege: Global.Settings
Prerequisites
To configure statistics settings, the vSphere Client must be connected to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 Select or deselect the statistics interval check box.
2 Click OK.
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