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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Monitoring and Performance
- Contents
- About vSphere Monitoring and Performance
- Monitoring Inventory Objects with Performance Charts
- Performance Chart Types
- Data Counters
- Metric Groups in vSphere
- Data Collection Intervals
- Data Collection Levels
- View Performance Charts
- Performance Charts Options Available Under the View Menu
- Overview Performance Charts
- Clusters
- Data centers
- Datastores and Datastore Clusters
- Disk Space (Data Counters)
- Disk Space (File Types)
- Disk Space (Datastores)
- Disk Space (Virtual Machines)
- Space Allocated by Datastore in GB
- Space Capacity by Datastore in GB
- Storage I/O Control Normalized Latency
- Storage I/O Control Aggregate IOPs
- Storage I/O Control Activity
- Average Device Latency per Host
- Maximum Queue Depth per Host
- Read IOPs per Host
- Write IOPs Per Host
- Average Read Latency per Virtual Machine Disk
- Average Write Latency per Virtual Machine Disk
- Read IOPs per Virtual Machine Disk
- Write IOPs Per Virtual Machine Disk
- Virtual Machine Observed Latency per Datastore
- Hosts
- Resource Pools
- vApps
- Virtual Machines
- CPU (%)
- CPU Usage (MHz)
- Disk (Average)
- Disk (Rate)
- Disk (Number)
- Virtual Disk Requests (Number)
- Virtual Disk Rate (KBps)
- Memory (Usage)
- Memory (Balloon)
- Memory (Swap Rate)
- Memory (Data Counters)
- Network (Usage)
- Network (Rate)
- Network (Packets)
- Disk Space (Data Counters)
- Disk Space (Datastores)
- Disk Space (File Types)
- Fault Tolerance Performance Counters
- Working with Advanced and Custom Charts
- Troubleshoot and Enhance Performance
- Monitoring Guest Operating System Performance
- Monitoring Host Health Status
- Monitoring vSphere Health
- Monitoring Events, Alarms, and Automated Actions
- View Events
- View System Logs
- Export Events Data
- Streaming Events to a Remote Syslog Server
- Retention of Events in the vCenter Server Database
- View Triggered Alarms and Alarm Definitions
- Live Refresh of Recent Tasks and Alarms
- Set an Alarm in the vSphere Web Client
- Set an Alarm in the vSphere Client
- Acknowledge Triggered Alarms
- Reset Triggered Event Alarms
- Preconfigured vSphere Alarms
- Monitoring Solutions with the vCenter Solutions Manager
- Monitoring the Health of Services and Nodes
- Performance Monitoring Utilities: resxtop and esxtop
- Using the vimtop Plug-In to Monitor the Resource Use of Services
- Monitoring Networked Devices with SNMP and vSphere
- Using SNMP Traps with vCenter Server
- Configure SNMP for ESXi
- SNMP Diagnostics
- Monitor Guest Operating Systems with SNMP
- VMware MIB Files
- SNMPv2 Diagnostic Counters
- System Log Files
- View System Log Entries
- View System Logs on an ESXi Host
- System Logs
- Export System Log Files
- ESXi Log Files
- Upload Logs Package to a VMware Service Request
- Configure Syslog on ESXi Hosts
- Configuring Logging Levels for the Guest Operating System
- Collecting Log Files
- Viewing Log Files with the Log Browser
- Enable the Log Browser Plug-In on the vCenter Server Appliance
- Enable the Log Browser Plug-In on a vCenter Server Instance That Runs on Windows
- Retrieve Logs
- Search Log Files
- Filter Log Files
- Create Advanced Log Filters
- Adjust Log Times
- Export Logs from the Log Browser
- Compare Log Files
- Manage Logs Using the Log Browser
- Browse Log Files from Different Objects
Configure SNMP for ESXi
ESXi includes an SNMP agent that can send notifications (traps and informs) and receive GET, GETBULK,
and GETNEXT requests.
In ESXi 5.1 and later releases, the SNMP agent adds support for version 3 of the SNMP protocol, offering
increased security and improved functionality, including the ability to send informs. You can use esxcli
commands to enable and configure the SNMP agent. You configure the agent differently depending on
whether you want to use SNMP v1/v2c or SNMP v3.
As an alternative to configuring SNMP manually using esxcli commands, you can use host profiles to
configure SNMP for an ESXi host. See the vSphere Host Profiles documentation for more information.
Note For information on configuring SNMP for ESXi 5.0 or earlier or ESX 4.1 or earlier, see the
documentation for the appropriate product version.
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Configure the SNMP Agent for Polling
If you configure the ESXi SNMP agent for polling, it can listen for and respond to requests from
SNMP management client systems, such as GET, GETNEXT and GETBULK requests.
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Configure ESXi for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c
When you configure the ESXi SNMP agent for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c, the agent supports sending
notifications and receiving GET requests.
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Configure ESXi for SNMP v3
When you configure the ESXi SNMP agent for SNMPv3, the agent supports sending informs and
traps. SNMPv3 also provides stronger security than SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c, including key
authentication and encryption.
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Configure the Source of Hardware Events Received by the SNMP Agent
You can configure the ESXi SNMP agent to receive hardware events either from IPMI sensors or
CIM indications.
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Configure the SNMP Agent to Filter Notifications
You can configure the ESXi SNMP agent to filter out notifications if you don't want your SNMP
management software to receive those notifications.
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Configure SNMP Management Client Software
After you have configured a vCenter Server instance or an ESXi host to send traps, configure your
management client software to receive and interpret those traps.
Configure the SNMP Agent for Polling
If you configure the ESXi SNMP agent for polling, it can listen for and respond to requests from SNMP
management client systems, such as GET, GETNEXT and GETBULK requests.
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