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VM Performance Monitors
The VM performance monitors allow you to monitor and alert on specific VM-related components: datacenters, clusters, resources pools, and vApps (VMware only); and VM hosts, instances, and snapshots.
The metrics collected through VM servers can be used by Uptime Infrastructure Monitor through Sync or vSync, and subsequently used to trigger Uptime Infrastructure Monitor’s own alerts and actions, allowing you to integrate both your virtual-managed and non-virtual resources.
These performance monitors can answer questions such as the following:
- Is the CPU usage of VMs in a vApp, resource pool, cluster, or datacenter passing an acceptable level?
- Is the memory consumed by VMs in a vApp, resource pool, cluster, or datacenter passing an acceptable level?
- Is the number of ESX servers that are a part of the cluster or datacenter exceeding an acceptable number and threatening performance?
Datacenter and Cluster Performance (VMware only)
The Datacenter Performance and Cluster Performance monitors can trigger alerts on metrics collected through vSync.
Datacenter Performance and Cluster Performance Monitor Metrics
The following VM metric types for datacenter or cluster performance can be used to configure thresholds in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor:
Time Interval | A positive integer indicating the number of minutes’ worth of performance data samples to average, then compare against threshold definitions (default: 30). | |
Number of Running VMs: | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for the average number of VMs powered on during the time interval. | |
Number of Running Hosts: | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for the average number of vSphere ESX servers powered on during the time interval. | |
CPU Consumed: | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for the total percentage of CPU cycles consumed by VMs belonging to this datacenter or cluster. | |
Memory Consumed: | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for the total percentage of memory consumed by VMs belonging to this datacenter or cluster. |
Configuring Datacenter Performance or Cluster Performance Monitors
To configure a Datacenter Performance or Cluster Performance monitor, do the following:
- On the Infrastructure tree, click Add Service Monitor.
- In the VM Monitors section, click the name of the monitor you want to configure, and then click Continue.
- Complete the monitor information fields.
See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields. - In the Cluster Performance Settings or Datacenter Performance Settings section, configure the monitor’s warning- and critical-level threshold values:
- Time Interval
- Number of Running VMs
- Number of Running Hosts
- CPU Consumed
- Memory Consumed
For more information about setting thresholds and response time, see Configuring Warning and Critical Thresholds. - Complete the following settings:
- Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
- Alert Settings (see Monitor Alert Settings for more information)
- Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
- Alert Profile settings (see Alert Profiles for more information)
- Action Profile settings (see Action Profiles for more information)
- Click Finish.
Resource Pool and vApp Performance (VMware only)
The Resource Pool Performance and vApp Performance monitors can trigger alerts on metrics collected through vSync.
Resource Pool Performance and vApp Performance Monitor Metrics
The following VM metric types for resource pool and vApp performance can be used to configure thresholds in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor :
Time Interval | A positive integer indicating the number of minutes’ worth of performance data samples to average, then compare against threshold definitions (default: 30). | |
Number of Running VMs: | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for the average number of VMs powered on during the time interval. | |
CPU Consumed: | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for the total percentage of CPU cycles consumed by VMs belonging to this resource pool or vApp. | |
Memory Consumed: | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for the total percentage of memory consumed by VMs belonging to this resource pool or vApp. |
Configuring Resource Pool Performance or vApp Performance Monitors
To configure a Resource Pool Performance or vApp Performance monitor, do the following:
- On the Infrastructure tree, click Add Service Monitor.
- In the VM Monitors section, click the name of the monitor you want to configure, and then click Continue.
- Complete the monitor information fields.
See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields. - In the Resource Pool Performance Settings or vApp Performance Settings section, configure the monitor’s warning- and critical-level threshold values:
- Time Interval
- Number of Running VMs
- CPU Consumed
- Memory Consumed
For more information on these metrics, see Resource Pool Performance and vApp Performance Monitor Metrics.
For more information about setting thresholds and response time, see Configuring Warning and Critical Thresholds.
- Complete the following settings:
- Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
- Alert Settings (see Monitor Alert Settings for more information)
- Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
- Alert Profile settings (see Alert Profiles for more information)
- Action Profile settings (see Action Profiles for more information)
- Click Finish.
VM Performance
The VM Host Performance Check and VM Instance Performance monitors can trigger alerts on metrics collected through Sync or vSync.
VM Host Performance Check Monitor and VM Instance Performance Monitor Metrics
The following VM metric types for VM host and instance performance can be used to configure thresholds in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor:
Time Interval | A positive integer indicating the number of minutes' worth of data samples to average, then compare against threshold definitions (default: 15). | |||
CPU Value | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for a specific CPU-related value pertaining to a VM host or instance:
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Memory Value | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for a specific memory-related value pertaining to a VM host or instance:
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Swap Value | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for a swap-related value:
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Disk Device I/O Value | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for the aggregate disk I/O rate for the VM.
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Disk Device Errors Check (VM Host Performance Check) | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for the aggregate error rate.
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Network I/O Value | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for the aggregate received and transmitted rate, in KBps.
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Network Errors Check (VM Host Performance Check) | Warning- and critical-level thresholds can be set, using positive integers, for the aggregate error rate.
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Configuring VM Host Performance Check and VM Instance Performance Monitors
To configure a VM Host Performance Check or VM Instance Performance monitor, do the following:
- On the Infrastructure tree, click Add Service Monitor.
- In the VM Monitors section, click the name of the monitor you want to configure, and then click Continue.
- Complete the monitor information fields.
See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields.
In the VM Host/Instance Performance Settings section, configure the monitor's warning- and critical-level threshold values:- Time Interval
- CPU Check
- Memory Check
- Swap check
- Disk I/O Check
- Disk Device I/O Check (VM Host Performance Check)
- Disk Device Errors Check (VM Host Performance Check)
- Network I/O Check
- Network Errors Check (VM Host Performance Check)
For more information on these metrics, see VM Host Performance Check Monitor and VM Instance Performance Monitor Metrics.
For more information about setting thresholds and response time, see Configuring Warning and Critical Thresholds.
- Complete the following settings:
- Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
- Alert Settings (see Monitor Alert Settings for more information)
- Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
- Alert Profile settings (see Alert Profiles for more information)
- Action Profile settings (see Action Profiles for more information)
- Click Finish.
VM Snapshot Performance Check (Hyper-V only)
VM Snapshot Performance Check Monitor Metrics
Configuring VM Snapshot Performance Check Monitor
To configure a VM Snapshot Performance Check monitor, do the following:
- On the Infrastructure tree, click Add Service Monitor.
- In the VM Monitors section, click the name of the monitor you want to configure, and then click Continue.
- Complete the monitor information fields.
See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields.
In the VM Snapshot Performance Check Settings section, configure the monitor's warning- and critical-level threshold values:- Age Unit
- Age Warning (more than)
- Age Critical (more than)
- Size Warning (greater than)
- Size Critical (greater than)
For more information on these metrics, see VM Snapshot Performance Check Monitor Metrics.
For more information about setting thresholds and response time, see Configuring Warning and Critical Thresholds.
- Complete the following settings:
- Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
- Alert Settings (see Monitor Alert Settings for more information)
- Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
- Alert Profile settings (see Alert Profiles for more information)
- Action Profile settings (see Action Profiles for more information)
- Click Finish.
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Power State Monitors
The power state monitors help you manage both available computing resources within your clusters, resource pools, and other logical divisions in your vSphere-managed infrastructure, as well as power consumption in your physical datacenters. Power state changes to your hosts, and the VMs running on them, can be alerted and acted on.
The power state monitors can answer questions such as the following:
- Has a mission-critical VM powered off?
- Did a routine maintenance procedure start and complete properly?
- Are enough expected VMs powering down during the weekend, indicating vSphere’s Distributed Power Management is functioning correctly?
ESX Server Power State
(VMware only)The ESX Server Power State monitor watches for changes to the power states of an ESX server that is managed by VMware vSphere, and can run alert or action profiles based on the change.
ESX Server Power State Monitor Status Types
In Uptime Infrastructure Monitor, vSphere hosts will be in one of the following states:
Powered On | The host is running. | |
Powered Off | The host was powered off by an administrator through the vSphere Client. | |
Put on Standby | The host was put in standby mode either explicitly by an administrator, or automatically by vSphere Distributed Power Management (DPM). | |
Put in Maintenance | The host state is determined to be “unknown” if it is disconnected or not responding, implying it is in maintenance. |
Configuring ESX Server Power State Monitors
To configure an ESX Server Power State monitor, do the following:
- On the Infrastructure tree, click Add Service Monitor.
- In the VM Monitors section, click the name of the monitor you want to configure, and then click Continue.
- Complete the monitor information fields.
See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields.
For more information on these power states, see ESX Server Power State Monitor Status Types.
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When selecting an Element associated with this service monitor, only ESX servers monitored in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor via vSync will appear in the Single System list. |
In the main ESX Server Power State Settings section, in the Powered On sub-section, do the following:
- In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the ESX server’s state is Powered On.
- From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a powered-on state.
- From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a powered-on state.
In the Powered Off sub-section, do the following:
- In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the ESX server’s state is Powered Off.
- From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a powered-off state.
- From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a powered-off state.
In the Put on Standby sub-section, do the following:
- In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the ESX server’s state is Standby.
- From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a standby state.
- From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a standby state.
In the Put in Maintenance sub-section, do the following:
- In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the ESX server’s state is Unknown.
- From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters an unknown state.
- From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters an unknown state.
Complete the following settings:
- Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
- Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
Click Finish.
VM Instance Power State (VMware only)
The VM Instance Power State monitor watches for changes to the power states of a VM running on an ESX server that is managed by vSphere, and can run alert or action profiles based on the change.
See Power State Monitors for more information.
VM Instance Power State Monitor Status Types
A virtual machine’s three basic power states are as follows:
Powered On | The VM instance is running. | |
Powered Off | The VM instance is not running. | |
Suspended | The VM instance is not running, but a snapshot of its running applications and processes is retained. |
Configuring VM Instance Power State Monitors
To configure a VM Instance Power State monitor, do the following:
- On the Infrastructure tree, click Add Service Monitor.
- In the VM Monitors section, click the name of the monitor you want to configure, and then click Continue.
- Complete the monitor information fields.
See Monitor Identification for more information on configuring service monitor information fields.
For more information on these VM power states, see VM Instance Power State Monitor Status Types.
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When selecting a VM associated with this service monitor, only VMs monitored in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor via vSync will appear in the Single System list. |
In the main VM Instance Power State Settings section, in the Powered On sub-section, do the following:
- In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the VM’s state is “powered on”.
- From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a powered-on state.
- From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a powered-on state.
In the Powered Off sub-section, do the following:
- In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the VM’s state is “powered off”.
- From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a powered-off state.
- From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a powered-off state.
In the Suspended sub-section, do the following:
- In the Set Status to drop-down box, indicate what the monitor’s Uptime Infrastructure Monitor state will be when the VM’s state is “suspended”.
- From the list, select which (if any) Alert Profiles are triggered when the host enters a suspended state.
- From the list select which (if any) Action Profiles will be triggered when the host enters a suspended state.
Complete the following settings:
- Timing Settings (see Adding Monitor Timing Settings Information for more information)
- Monitoring Period settings (see Monitor Timing Settings for more information)
Click Finish.