You can monitor the health and performance of the NSX-T Data Center environment. What to read next Monitor NSX Edge Nodes and GatewaysStarting with NSX-T Data Center 3.2, the application will support the collection and storage of data up to one year. With this feature, along with the point-in-time data, you can also view time series metrics, such as CPU usage memory, disk usage, packets per second, bytes per second, and packet drop rate, for edge nodes and gateways. You can view the metrics by invoking time series metrics APIs. A few of these metrics are also available on NSX Manager interface along with the point-in-time data. APIs to Fetch Time-Series MetricsYou can use the metrics APIs to fetch the time series metrics. Dynamic PluginsA dynamic plugin is a customized plugin that you can create for any supported transport node, such as ESXi host, to check the node’s health. Working with Events and AlarmsNSX-T Data Center provides alarms to call your attention to events that can potentially affect performance and system operation. Alarms provide detailed event information such as which component is affected, the type of event, and then recommends a corrective action. Registering Notification WatchersYou can register a watcher that will receive notifications based on specific criteria. Using Log Insight or Splunk for System MonitoringYou can monitor your NSX-T Data Center environment using Log Insight or Splunk. Using vRealize Operations Manager for System MonitoringYou can monitor your NSX-T Data Center environment using vRealize Operations Manager. Using vRealize Network Insight Cloud for System MonitoringYou can monitor your NSX-T Data Center Data Center environment using vRealize Network Insight Cloud.
