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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
Reset Triggered Event Alarms 144
Preconfigured vSphere Alarms 145
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Monitoring Solutions with the vCenter Solutions Manager 151
View Solutions and vServices 151
Monitoring Agents 152
Monitoring vServices 152
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Monitoring the Health of Services and Nodes 154
View the Health Status of Services and Nodes 154
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Performance Monitoring Utilities: resxtop and esxtop 156
Using the esxtop Utility 156
Using the resxtop Utility 157
Using esxtop or resxtop in Interactive Mode 158
Using Batch Mode 173
Using Replay Mode 174
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Using the vimtop Plug-In to Monitor the Resource Use of Services 177
Monitor Services By Using vimtop in Interactive Mode 177
Interactive Mode Command-Line Options 177
Interactive Mode Single-Key Commands for vimtop 178
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Monitoring Networked Devices with SNMP and vSphere 180
Using SNMP Traps with vCenter Server 180
Configure SNMP for ESXi 182
SNMP Diagnostics 193
Monitor Guest Operating Systems with SNMP 193
VMware MIB Files 193
SNMPv2 Diagnostic Counters 195
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System Log Files 197
View System Log Entries 197
View System Logs on an ESXi Host 197
System Logs 198
Export System Log Files 199
ESXi Log Files 200
Upload Logs Package to a VMware Service Request 200
Configure Syslog on ESXi Hosts 201
Configuring Logging Levels for the Guest Operating System 202
Collecting Log Files 204
Viewing Log Files with the Log Browser 208
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