OverviewThe goal of observability is to understand a complex system’s internal state by observing its external outputs. Underlying Hardware Infrastructure & VMware Control PlaneVMware Cloud was designed from the ground up to be simple to consume, allowing your operations teams to focus higher up the stack and away from the undifferentiated heavy lifting associated with hardware infrastructure. Common metricsWhen deciding on the metrics that need to be observed, it’s important to adopt a user centric approach that works backwards from application owners. The goal should be to collect the minimum number of data points necessary to implement observability in the most efficient possible manner. Parent topic: Infrastructure Operations and Service Control