To collect and display VM memory overhead vCenter Server, you create a custom view.
Procedure
- From the left menu, click .
- From the Views panel, click Create and then click Distribution from the right panel.
- From the New View dialog box, in the Name & Configuration tab, enter Virtual Machines Memory Overhead, as the name for the view.
- Enter a meaningful description for the view.
For example,
A view showing the VM memory overhead.
- From the drop-down menu, select Pie Chart.
- From the option, select Discrete distribution.
Leave
Max number of buckets deselected because you do not know the number of hosts on each
vCenter Server instance. If you specify a number of buckets and the hosts are more than that number, one of the slices shows unspecified information labeled Others.
- Click Next.
- From the Data tab, click Subject to select the object type that applies to the view.
- From the drop-down menu, select Host System.
- From the tree panel in the left, in the filter text box enter VM Overhead.
- Double-click Memory > VM Overhead to add the metric.
- Retain the default metric configurations and click Create.