6.5.1

Table Of Contents
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About vSphere Monitoring and Performance 5
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Monitoring Inventory Objects with Performance Charts 7
Performance Chart Types 8
Data Counters 8
Metric Groups in vSphere 9
Data Collection Intervals 10
Data Collection Levels 11
View Performance Charts 12
Performance Charts Options Available Under the View Menu 12
Overview Performance Charts 13
Working with Advanced and Custom Charts 91
Troubleshoot and Enhance Performance 93
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Monitoring Guest Operating System Performance 99
Enable Statistics Collection for Guest Operating System Performance Analysis 99
View Performance Statistics for Windows Guest Operating Systems 99
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Monitoring Host Health Status 101
Monitor Hardware Health Status 102
Reset Health Status Sensors 102
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Monitoring Events, Alarms, and Automated Actions 103
View Events 105
View System Logs 105
Export Events Data 105
Streaming Events to a Remote Syslog Server 106
Retention of Events in the vCenter Server Database 108
View Triggered Alarms and Alarm Denitions 109
Live Refresh of Recent Tasks and Alarms 109
Set an Alarm 110
Acknowledge Triggered Alarms 119
Reset Triggered Event Alarms 119
Precongured vSphere Alarms 120
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Monitoring Solutions with the vCenter Solutions Manager 125
View Solutions and vServices 125
Monitoring Agents 126
Monitoring vServices 126
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