VMware Aria Operations collects CPU usage, disk, memory, network, storage, disk space, and summary metrics for data center objects.
Data Center Metrics for ROI Dashboard
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Realized Cost Savings | |
| Realized Savings Idle Cost | This metric displays the total realize savings for VMs across all vCenters. Key: cost|realized_savings|realizedIdleCost |
| Realized Savings Powered Off Cost (AOA) | This metric displays the total realized savings for powered off VMs across all vCenters. Key: cost|realized_savings|realizedPoweredOffCost |
| Realized Savings Snapshot Space Cost (AOA) | This metric displays the snapshots space saved across all vCenters. Key: cost|realized_savings|realizedSnapshotSpaceCost |
| Realized Savings Oversized Cost (AOA) | This metric displays the oversized savings across all vCenters. Key: cost|realized_savings|realizedOversizedCost |
| Realized Savings Orphaned Disk Space Cost (AOA) | This metric displays the amount of disk space saved by orphaned disks across all vCenters. Key: cost|realized_savings|realizedOrphanedDiskSpaceCost |
| Realized Savings Reclaimable Host Cost (AOA) | This metric displays the amount of reclaimable host savings across all vCenters. Key: cost|realized_savings|realizedReclaimableHostCost |
| Realized vCPUs from Oversized VMs | This metric displays the number of vCPUs realized across all vCenters. Key: realized|realizedVCpus |
| Compute Realized Memory from Oversized VMs | This metric displays the amount of memory realized from oversized VMs across all vCenters. Key: compute_realized|realizedOversizedMem |
| Realized Potential Memory Consumed from Oversized VMs | This metric displays the potential memory consumed from oversized VMs across all vCenters. Key: realized|realizedPotentialMemConsumed |
| Compute Realized vCPUs from Oversized VMs | This metric displays the realized vCPUs from oversized VMs across all vCenters. Key: compute_realized|realizedOversizedVCpus |
| Compute Realized vCPUs from Idle VMs | This metric displays the realized vCPUs from idle VMs across all vCenters. Key: compute_realized|realizedIdleVCpus |
| Compute Realized Memory from Idle VMs | This metric displays the amount of memory realized from idle VMs across all vCenters. Key: compute_realized|realizedIdleMem |
| Disk Space Realized Idle VMs | This metric displays the amount of disk space realized from idle VMs across all vCenters. Key: storage_realized|realizedIdleDiskSpace |
| Disk Space Realized PoweredOff VMs | This metric displays the amount of disk space realized from powered off VMs across all vCenters. Key: storage_realized|realizedPoweredOffDiskSpace |
| Disk Space Realized VM Snapshots | This metric displays the amount of disk space realized from VM snapshots across all vCenters. Key: storage_realized|realizedSnapshotSpace |
| Disk Space Realized Orphaned Disks | This metric displays the amount of disk space realized from orphaned disks across all vCenters. Key: storage_realized|realizedIdleDiskSpace |
| Realized Savings Total Realized Cost | This metric displays the total realized cost across all vCenters. Key: cost|realized_savings|realizedTotalCost |
CPU Usage Metrics for Data Centers
CPU usage metrics provide information about CPU use.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Capacity Usage (%) | Percent capacity used. Key: cpu|capacity_usagepct_average |
| CPU Contention (%) | CPU capacity contention. Key: cpu|capacity_contentionPct |
| Demand (%) | CPU demand percentage. Key: cpu|demandPct |
| Demand | Demand in megahertz. Key: cpu|demandmhz |
| Demand (MHz) | CPU utilization level based on descendant virtual machines utilization. This Includes reservations, limits, and overhead to run the virtual machines. Key: cpu|demandmhz |
| Overhead (KB) | Amount of CPU overhead. Key: cpu|overhead_average |
| Demand without overhead | Value of demand excluding any overhead. Key: cpu|demand_without_overhead |
| Total Wait | CPU time spent on idle state. Key: cpu|wait |
| Number of CPU Sockets | Number of CPU sockets. Key: cpu|numpackages |
| Overall CPU Contention (ms) | Overall CPU contention in milliseconds. Key: cpu|capacity_contention |
| Host Provisioned Capacity (MHz) | Host provisioned capacity in megahertz. Key: cpu|capacity_provisioned |
| Provisioned vCPU(s) | Provisioned vCPU(s). Key: cpu|corecount_provisioned |
| Reserved Capacity (MHz) | The sum of the reservation properties of the (immediate) children of the host's root resource pool. Key: cpu|reservedCapacity_average |
| Usage | Average CPU usage in megahertz. Key: cpu|usagemhz_average |
| IO Wait | IO wait time in milliseconds. Key: cpu|iowait |
| Provisioned Capacity | Provisioned Capacity. Key: cpu|vm_capacity_provisioned |
| Stress Balance Factor | Stress Balance Factor. Key: cpu|stress_balance_factor |
| Lowest Provider Capacity Remaining | Lowest Provider Capacity Remaining. Key: cpu|min_host_capacity_remaining |
| Workload Balance Factor | Workload Balance Factor. Key: cpu|workload_balance_factor |
| Highest Provider Workload | Highest Provider Workload. Key: cpu|max_host_workload |
| Host workload Max-Min Disparity | Difference of Max and Min host workload in the container. Key: cpu|host_workload_disparity |
| Host stress Max-Min Disparity | Difference of Max and Min host stress in the container. Key: cpu|host_stress_disparity |
| Total Capacity (MHz) | Total CPU resources configured on the descendant ESXi hosts. Key: cpu|capacity_provisioned |
| Usable Capacity (MHz) | The usable CPU resources that are available for the virtual machines after considering reservations for vSphere High Availability (HA) and other vSphere services. Key: cpu|haTotalCapacity_average |
Disk Metrics for Data Centers
Disk metrics provide information about disk use.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Total IOPS | Average number of commands issued per second during the collection interval. Key: disk|commandsAveraged_average |
| Total Latency (ms) | Average amount of time taken for a command from the perspective of the guest operating system. This metric is the sum of the Kernel Latency and Physical Device Latency metrics. Key: disk|totalLatency_average |
| Total Throughput (KBps) | Average of the sum of the data read and written for all the disk instances of the host or virtual machine. Key: disk|usage_average |
| Total queued outstanding operations | Sum of queued operations and outstanding operations. Key: disk|sum_queued_oio |
| Max observed OIO | Max observed IO for a disk. Key: disk|max_observed |
Memory Metrics for Data Centers
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Contention (%) | Machine Contention Percentage. Key: mem|host_contentionPct |
| Machine Demand (KB) | Memory machine demand in kilobytes. Key: mem|host_demand |
| ESX System Usage | Memory usage by the VM kernel and ESX user-level services. Key: mem|host_systemUsage |
| Provisioned Memory (KB) | Provisioned host memory in kilobytes. Key: mem|host_provisioned |
| Reserved Capacity (KB) | Reserved memory capacity in kilobytes. Key: mem|reservedCapacity_average |
| Usable Memory (KB) | Usable host memory in kilobytes. Key: mem|host_usable |
| Host Usage | Host memory use in kilobytes. Key: mem|host_usage |
| Usage/Usable (%) | Percent host memory used. Key: mem|host_usagePct |
| VM Overhead | Memory overhead reported by host. Key: mem|overhead_average |
| Stress Balance Factor | Stress Balance Factor. Key: mem|stress_balance_factor |
| Lowest Provider Capacity Remaining | Lowest Provider Capacity Remaining. Key: mem|min_host_capacity_remaining |
| Workload Balance Factor | Workload Balance Factor. Key: mem|workload_balance_factor |
| Highest Provider Workload | Highest Provider Workload. Key: mem|max_host_workload |
| Host workload Max-Min Disparity | Difference of Max and Min host workload in the container. Key: mem|host_workload_disparity |
| Host stress Max-Min Disparity | Difference of Max and Min host stress in the container. Key: mem|host_stress_disparity |
| Utilization (KB) | Memory utilization level based on the descendant virtual machines utilization. Includes reservations, limits, and overhead to run the Virtual Machines. Key: mem|total_need |
| Total Capacity (KB) | Total physical memory configured on descendant ESXi hosts. Key: mem|host_provisioned |
| Usable Capacity (KB) | The usable memory resources available for the virtual machines after considering reservations for vSphere HA and other vSphere services. Key: mem|haTotalCapacity_average |
Network Metrics for Data Centers
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Packets Dropped | Percentage of packets dropped. Key: net|droppedPct |
| Max Observed Throughput | Max observed rate of network throughput. Key: net|maxObservedKBps |
| Data Transmit Rate | Average amount of data transmitted per second. Key: net|transmitted_average |
| Data Receive Rate | Average amount of data received per second. Key: net|received_average |
| Total Throughput (KBps) | The sum of the data transmitted and received for all the NIC instances of the host or virtual machine. Key: net|usage_average |
Storage Metrics for Data Centers
Storage metrics provide information about storage use.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Total Usage | Total throughput rate. Key: storage|usage_average |
Datastore Metrics for Data Centers
Datastore metrics provide information about Datastore use.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Outstanding IO requests | OIO for datastore. Key: datastore|demand_oio |
| Read IOPS | Average number of read commands issued per second during the collection interval. Key: datastore|numberReadAveraged_average |
| Write IOPS | Average number of write commands issued per second during the collection interval. Key: datastore|numberWriteAveraged_average |
| Read Throughput (KBps) | Amount of data read in the performance interval. Key: datastore|read_average |
| Write Throughput (KBps) | Amount of data written to disk in the performance interval. Key: datastore|write_average |
Disk Space Metrics for Data Centers
Disk space metrics provide information about disk use.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Virtual machine used | Used virtual machine disk space in gigabytes. Key: diskspace|used |
| Total disk space used | Total disk space used on all datastores visible to this object. Key: diskspace|total_usage |
| Total disk space | Total disk space on all datastores visible to this object. Key: diskspace|total_capacity |
| Total provisioned disk space | Total provisioned disk space on all datastores visible to this object. Key: diskspace|total_provisioned |
| Shared Used (GB) | Shared disk space in gigabytes. Key: diskspace|shared |
| Snapshot Space (GB) | Snapshot disk space in gigabytes. Key: diskspace|snapshot |
| Virtual Disk Used (GB) | Used virtual disk space in gigabytes. Key: diskspace|diskused |
| Number of Virtual Disks | Number of Virtual Disks. Key: diskspace|numvmdisk |
| Utilization (GB) | Storage space used on the connected vSphere Datastores. Key: diskspace|total_usage |
| Total Capacity (GB) | Total storage space available on the connected vSphere datastores. Key: diskspace|total_capacity |
Summary Metrics for Data Centers
Summary metrics provide information about overall performance.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of Running Hosts | Number of hosts that are ON. Key: summary|number_running_hosts |
| Number of Running VMs | Number of running virtual machines. Key: summary|number_running_vms |
| Maximum Number of VMs | Maximum number of virtual machines. Key: summary|max_number_vms |
| Number of Clusters | Total number of clusters. Key: summary|total_number_clusters |
| Number of Hosts | Total number of hosts. Key: summary|total_number_hosts |
| Number of VMs | Total number of virtual machines. Key: summary|total_number_vms |
| Total Number of Datastores | Total number of datastores. Key: summary|total_number_datastores |
| Number of VCPUs on Powered On VMs | Total number of VCPUs of virtual machines that are powered on. Key: summary|number_running_vcpus |
| Workload Indicator | Workload indicator. Key: summary|workload_indicator |
| Average Running VM Count per Running Host | Average number of running virtual machines per running host. Key: summary|avg_vm_density |
Reclaimable Metrics for Data Centers
Reclaimable metrics provide information about reclaimable resources.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| CPU (vCPUs) | Number of reclaimable vCPUs within the data center. Key: reclaimable|cpu |
| Disk Space | Reclaimable disk space within the data center. Key: reclaimable|diskspace |
| Potential Savings | Potential saving after reclamation of resources of all reclaimable VMs (Idle VMs, Powered Off VMs, VM snapshots) within the data center. Key: reclaimable|cost |
| Memory (KB) | Reclaimable memory within the data center. Key: reclaimable|mem |
| Virtual Machines | Number of VMs having reclaimable resources (Memory, disk space, vCPU) within the data center. Key: reclaimable|vm_count |
| Idle VMs|Potential Savings | Potential saving after reclamation of resources of Idle VMs within the data center. Key: reclaimable|idle_vms|cost |
| Powered Off VMs|Potential Savings | Potential saving after reclamation of resources of Powered Off VMs within the data center. Key: reclaimable|poweredOff_vms|cost |
| VM Snapshots|Potential Savings | Potential saving after reclamation of VM snapshots within the data center. Key: reclaimable|vm_snapshots |cost |
| Reclaimable|Orphaned Disks|Potential Savings (Currency) | Displays the potential savings after reclaimation of disk space by removing orphaned VMDks from all datastores under datacenter. reclaimable|cost |
| Reclaimable|Number of Orphaned Disks | Number of reclaimable orphaned disks is the sum of all orphaned disks on it's datastore. reclaimable|orphaned_disk_count |
| Reclaimable Host Cost | This metric calculates the cumulated reclaimable host cost at cluster level and displays the same metric at data center level. Reclaimable|Reclaimable Host Cost (Currency) |
Cost Metrics for Data Centers
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Monthly Cluster Aggregated Allocated Cost | This metric displays the sum of the monthly allocated cost for both cluster and unclustered hosts. Key: Cost|Allocation|Monthly Cluster Aggregated Allocated Cost |
| Monthly Cluster Aggregated Unallocated Cost | This metric displays the sum of both cluster and unclustered hosts unallocated cost. Key: Cost|Allocation|Monthly Cluster Aggregated Unallocated Cost |
| Monthly Datastore Aggregated Allocated Cost | This metric displays the monthly aggregated allocated cost at datastore level. Key: Cost|Allocation|Monthly Datastore Aggregated Allocated Cost |
| Monthly Datastore Aggregated Unallocated Cost | This metric displays the monthly aggregated unallocated cost at datastore level. Key: Cost|Allocation|Monthly Datastore Aggregated Unallocated Cost |
| Monthly Cluster Effective Aggregated Allocated Cost | This metric displays the Monthly Cluster Effective Aggregated Allocated Cost cost. Key: Cost|Monthly Cluster Effective Aggregated Allocated Cost |
| Monthly Cluster Effective Aggregated Unallocated Cost | This metric displays the Monthly Cluster Effective Aggregated Unallocated Cost. Key: Cost|Monthly Cluster Effective Aggregated Unallocated Cost |
| Monthly Datastore Effective Aggregated Allocated Cost | This metric displays the Monthly Datastore Effective Aggregated Allocated Cost at datastore level. Key: Cost|Allocation|Monthly Datastore Effective Aggregated Allocated Cost |
| Monthly Datastore Effective Aggregated Unallocated Cost | This metric displays the Monthly Datastore Effective Aggregated Unallocated Cost at datastore level. Key: Cost|Allocation|Monthly Datastore Effective Aggregated Unallocated Cost |
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Note: The eight allocation metrics mentioned above, helps you to calculate the cost when you enable the allocation model for costing. The same set of metrics are available when you enable demand model also.
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| Monthly Cluster Aggregated Cost | This metric displays the sum of monthly aggregated allocated and unallocated cost for clusters. Key: cost|clusterCost |
| Monthly Cluster Aggregated Unallocated Cost | This metric displays the sum of the monthly unallocated cost for both cluster and unclustered hosts. Key: Cost|Monthly Cluster Aggregated Unallocated Cost |
| Monthly Datacenter Aggregated Total Cost | Monthly aggregated total cost for the data center. Key: Cost|Monthly Datacenter Aggregated Total Cost |
| Monthly Datastore Total Cost | Monthly data store total cost. Key: cost|totalCost |
| Monthly Datastore Aggregated Allocated Cost | Monthly aggregated allocated cost for the datastore. Key: cost|aggrDataStoreAllocatedCost |
| Monthly Datastore Aggregated Unallocated Cost | Monthly aggregated unallocated cost for the datastore. Key: cost|aggrDataStoreUnallocatedCost |
| Monthly VM Aggregated Direct Cost | Month to date aggregated VM direct cost across all the VMs under the data center. Key: cost|vmDirectCost |
Virtual Machine Operations Metrics for Data Centers
- VM operations metrics is not collected for custom data centers.
- If you edit a VM settings and do not perform any action, still it is considered as VM reconfigure operation.
- During Revert Snapshot, VMs are powered-off, but this operation is not counted under VM Power-off metric.
- Adding ESXi with VMs is not counted under VM Create metric.
- Removing ESXi with VMs is not coutned under VM Remove metric.
- VM hardstop operation is not counted under VM Power Off metric.
| Metric Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Inventory | |
| VM Clone | This metric displays the number of clone operations on the virtual machine. Key: Inventory|VM Clone |
| VM Create | This metric displays the number of create operations on the virtual machine. Key: Inventory|VM Create |
| VM Delete | This metric displays the number of delete operations on the virtual machine. Key: Inventory|VM Delete |
| VM Reconfigure | This metric displays the number of reconfigure operations on the virtual machine. Key: Inventory|VM Reconfigure |
| VM Register | This metric displays the number of register operations on the virtual machine. Key: Inventory|VM Register |
| VM Template Deploy | This metric displays the number templates deployed on the virtual machine. Key: Inventory|VM Template Deploy |
| VM Unregister | This metric displays the number of unregister operations on the virtual machine. Key: Inventory|VM Unregister |
| Location | |
| Storage vMotion | This metric displays the number of migrations with vMotion (datastore change operations for Powered-on VMs). Key: Location|Storage vMotion |
| VM Datastore Change (powered-off VMs) | This metric displays the number of datastore change operations, for powered-off and suspended virtual machines. Key: Location|VM Datastore Change (powered-off VMs) |
| VM Host and Datastore Change (powered-off VMs) | This metric displays the number of host and datastore change operations, for powered-off and suspended virtual machines. Key: Location|VM Host and Datastore Change (powered-off VMs) |
| VM Host and Datastore Change (powered-on VMs) | This metric displays the number of host and datastore change operations, for powered-on and suspended virtual machines. Key: Location|VM Host and Datastore Change (powered-on VMs) |
| VM Host Change (powered-off VMs) | This metric displays the number of host change operations, for powered-off and suspended virtual machines. Key: Location|VM Host Change (powered-off VMs) |
| vMotion | This metric displays the number of migrations with vMotion (host change operations for powered-on VMs). Key: Location|vMotion |
| State | |
| VM Guest Reboot | This metric displays the number of reboot operations on the virtual machine guest. Key: State|VM Guest Reboot |
| VM Guest Shutdown | This metric displays the number of shutdown operations on the virtual machine guest. Key: State|VM Guest Shutdown |
| VM Power Off | This metric displays the number of power-off operations on the virtual machine. Key: State|VM Power Off |
| VM Power On | This metric displays the number of power-on operations on the virtual machine. Key: State|VM Power On |
| VM Reset | This metric displays the number of reset operations on the virtual machine guest. Key: State|VM Reset |
| VM Standby Guest | This metric displays the number of standby operations on the virtual machine guest. Key: State|VM Standby Guest |
| VM Suspend | This metric displays the number of suspend operations on the virtual machine. Key: State|VM Suspend |
Disabled Metrics
The following metrics are disabled in this version of VMware Aria Operations . This means that they do not collect data by default.
You can enable these metrics in the Policy workspace. For more information, in VMware Docs search for Collect Metrics and Properties Details.
| Metric Name | Key |
|---|---|
| Datastore I/O|Max Observed Number of Outstanding IO Operations (IOPS) | datastore|maxObserved_OIO |
| Datastore I/O|Max Observed Read Rate (KBps) | datastore|maxObserved_Read |
| Datastore I/O|Max Observed Reads per second (IOPS) | datastore|maxObserved_NumberRead |
| Datastore I/O|Max Observed Write Rate (KBps) | datastore|maxObserved_Write |
| Datastore I/O|Max Observed Writes per second (IOPS)0 | datastore|maxObserved_NumberWrite |
| Max Observed Transmitted Throughput | Max observed transmitted rate of network throughput. Key: net|maxObserved_Tx_KBps |
| Max Observed Received Throughput | Max observed received rate of network throughput. Key: net|maxObserved_Rx_KBps |
| Not Shared (GB) | Unshared disk space in gigabytes. Key: diskspace|notshared |
