Description
This template is used to capture the VMware Datastore performance present in vCenter.
Prerequisites
Gateway should be up and running. vCenter device should be reachable from Gateway. vCenter’s host should be in managed state.
How to Apply: This template is All instance selection based. It will not ask user to select any instance (s) while assigning it to a device.
Metric Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Frequency | |
| Warning Threshold | If the metric value satisfies the condition defined along with Warning Threshold value, then a notification is sent to the user. |
| Critical Threshold | If the metric value satisfies the condition defined along with Critical Threshold value, then a notification is sent to the user. |
| Alert | The alert value can be set to either Yes or No. If it is Yes, then an alert message is sent to the user. |
Metrics
vmware.datastore.capacity.usage
Metric Details
| Applicable for | Device |
| Description | It defines the VMware datastore capacity usage |
| Category | VMware |
| Collector Type | Gateway |
| Monitor Name | VMware Datastore Performance |
| Unit | % |
Possible Inputs
| Metric | Input Value | Range of Values |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 5 | 1 – 1440 (mins) |
| Filter | ||
| Warning Operator | GREATER_THAN_EQUAL | Ends with, ==, !=, >=, <=, >, <, In Range, Out of range, Equals, Not equals, Equals Ignore Case, Not Equals Ignore Case, Contains, Not contains, Regex match, Regex no match, In string list, Not in string list, In List, Not in list, Starts with |
| Warning Threshold | 80 | 0-100 |
| Warning Repeat Count | 1 | 1-12 |
| Critical Operator | GREATER_THAN_EQUAL | Ends with, ==, !=, >=, <=, >, <, In Range, Out of range, Equals, Not equals, Equals Ignore Case, Not Equals Ignore Case, Contains, Not contains, Regex match, Regex no match, In string list, Not in string list, In List, Not in list, Starts with |
| Critical Threshold | 90 | 0-100 |
| Critical Repeat Count | 1 | 1-12 |
| Alert | Yes | Yes/No |
| Graph (Yes/No) | Yes | Yes/No |
Sample Output
VMware Datastore Capacity Usage
vmware.datastore.datastoreIops.average
Metric Details
| Applicable for | Device |
| Description | Storage I/O Control aggregated IOPS. Aggregate number of IO operations on the datastore. |
| Category | VMware |
| Collector Type | Gateway |
| Monitor Name | VMware Datastore Performance |
| Unit |
Possible Inputs
| Metric | Input Value | Range of Values |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 5 | 1 – 1440 (mins) |
| Filter | ||
| Warning Operator | ||
| Warning Threshold | ||
| Warning Repeat Count | ||
| Critical Operator | ||
| Critical Threshold | ||
| Critical Repeat Count | ||
| Alert | No | Yes/No |
| Graph (Yes/No) | Yes | Yes/No |
Sample Output
No graph
vmware.datastore.numberReadAveraged.average
Metric Details
| Applicable for | Device |
| Description | Average number of read commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval |
| Category | VMware |
| Collector Type | Gateway |
| Monitor Name | VMware Datastore Performance |
| Unit |
Possible Inputs
| Metric | Input Value | Range of Values |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 5 | 1 – 1440 (mins) |
| Filter | ||
| Warning Operator | ||
| Warning Threshold | ||
| Warning Repeat Count | ||
| Critical Operator | ||
| Critical Threshold | ||
| Critical Repeat Count | ||
| Alert | No | Yes/No |
| Graph (Yes/No) | Yes | Yes/No |
Sample Output
VMware datastore read average number
vmware.datastore.numberWriteAveraged.average
Metric Details
| Applicable for | Device |
| Description | Average number of write commands issued per second to the datastore during the collection interval. |
| Category | VMware |
| Collector Type | Gateway |
| Monitor Name | VMware Datastore Performance |
| Unit |
Possible Inputs
| Metric | Input Value | Range of Values |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 5 | 1 – 1440 (mins) |
| Filter | ||
| Warning Operator | ||
| Warning Threshold | ||
| Warning Repeat Count | ||
| Critical Operator | ||
| Critical Threshold | ||
| Critical Repeat Count | ||
| Alert | No | Yes/No |
| Graph (Yes/No) | Yes | Yes/No |
Sample Output
VMware datastore write average number
vmware.datastore.status.availability
Metric Details
| Applicable for | Device |
| Description | It defines VMware Datastore Status |
| Category | VMware |
| Collector Type | Gateway |
| Monitor Name | VMware Datastore Performance |
| Unit |
Possible Inputs
| Metric | Input Value | Range of Values |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 5 | 1 – 1440 (mins) |
| Filter | ||
| Warning Operator | ||
| Warning Threshold | ||
| Warning Repeat Count | ||
| Critical Operator | ||
| Critical Threshold | ||
| Critical Repeat Count | ||
| Alert | No | Yes/No |
| Graph (Yes/No) | Yes | Yes/No |
Sample Output
VMware datastore availability status
vmware.datastore.totalReadLatency.average
Metric Details
| Applicable for | Device |
| Description | The average time taken for a read from the datastore. |
| Category | VMware |
| Collector Type | Gateway |
| Monitor Name | VMware Datastore Performance |
| Unit | ms |
Possible Inputs
| Metric | Input Value | Range of Values |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 5 | 1 – 1440 (mins) |
| Filter | ||
| Warning Operator | ||
| Warning Threshold | ||
| Warning Repeat Count | ||
| Critical Operator | ||
| Critical Threshold | ||
| Critical Repeat Count | ||
| Alert | No | Yes/No |
| Graph (Yes/No) | Yes | Yes/No |
Sample Output
No graph
vmware.datastore.totalWriteLatency.average
Metric Details
| Applicable for | Device |
| Description | The average time taken for a write to the datastore. |
| Category | VMware |
| Collector Type | Gateway |
| Monitor Name | VMware Datastore Performance |
| Unit | ms |
Possible Inputs
| Metric | Input Value | Range of Values |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 5 | 1 – 1440 (mins) |
| Filter | ||
| Warning Operator | ||
| Warning Threshold | ||
| Warning Repeat Count | ||
| Critical Operator | ||
| Critical Threshold | ||
| Critical Repeat Count | ||
| Alert | No | Yes/No |
| Graph (Yes/No) | Yes | Yes/No |
Sample Output
No graph
vmware.datastoreVMObservedLatency.latest
Metric Details
| Applicable for | Device |
| Description | The average datastore latency as seen by virtual machines. |
| Category | VMware |
| Collector Type | Gateway |
| Monitor Name | VMware Datastore Performance |
| Unit | microsec |
Possible Inputs
| Metric | Input Value | Range of Values |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 5 | 1 – 1440 (mins) |
| Filter | ||
| Warning Operator | ||
| Warning Threshold | ||
| Warning Repeat Count | ||
| Critical Operator | ||
| Critical Threshold | ||
| Critical Repeat Count | ||
| Alert | No | Yes/No |
| Graph (Yes/No) | Yes | Yes/No |
Sample Output
No graph
vmware.disk.capacity.latest
Metric Details
| Applicable for | Device |
| Description | Configured size of the datastore |
| Category | VMware |
| Collector Type | Gateway |
| Monitor Name | VMware Datastore Performance |
| Unit | GB |
Possible Inputs
| Metric | Input Value | Range of Values |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 5 | 1 – 1440 (mins) |
| Filter | ||
| Warning Operator | ||
| Warning Threshold | ||
| Warning Repeat Count | ||
| Critical Operator | ||
| Critical Threshold | ||
| Critical Repeat Count | ||
| Alert | No | Yes/No |
| Graph (Yes/No) | Yes | Yes/No |
Sample Output
VMware datastore disk capacity latest
vmware.disk.provisioned.latest
Metric Details
| Applicable for | Device |
| Description | Amount of storage set aside for use by a datastore or a virtual machine. |
| Category | VMware |
| Collector Type | Gateway |
| Monitor Name | VMware Datastore Performance |
| Unit | GB |
Possible Inputs
| Metric | Input Value | Range of Values |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 5 | 1 – 1440 (mins) |
| Filter | ||
| Warning Operator | ||
| Warning Threshold | ||
| Warning Repeat Count | ||
| Critical Operator | ||
| Critical Threshold | ||
| Critical Repeat Count | ||
| Alert | No | Yes/No |
| Graph (Yes/No) | Yes | Yes/No |
Sample Output
VMware datastore disk provisioned latest
vmware.disk.used.latest
Metric Details
| Applicable for | Device |
| Description | Amount of space actually used by the virtual machine or the datastore. |
| Category | VMware |
| Collector Type | Gateway |
| Monitor Name | VMware Datastore Performance |
| Unit | GB |
Possible Inputs
| Metric | Input Value | Range of Values |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 5 | 1 – 1440 (mins) |
| Filter | ||
| Warning Operator | ||
| Warning Threshold | ||
| Warning Repeat Count | ||
| Critical Operator | ||
| Critical Threshold | ||
| Critical Repeat Count | ||
| Alert | No | Yes/No |
| Graph (Yes/No) | Yes | Yes/No |
Sample Output
