Powered by VMware Aria Operations, vSphere+ provides an overview of cluster usage for all the clusters associated with vCenter instances connected to VMware Cloud Gateway. You can monitor and analyze details such as hosts, cores, VMs, time remaining, and capacity remaining on each cluster.

  • Time Remaining: Time remaining is the number of days remaining until the cluster reaches its usable capacity.
  • Capacity Remaining: Capacity remaining is the operational capacity remaining on each cluster. VMware Aria Operations computes the capacity remaining based on the resources’ utilization trend.

View and Analyze Cluster Usage

You can view all the clusters associated with vCenter instances connected to VMware Cloud Gateway. You can also view details such as hosts, cores, VMs, time remaining, and capacity remaining for each cluster.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Console at https://vmc.vmware.com.
  2. On the left navigation panel, select Operations > Capacity.
  3. Monitor and analyze the vCenter cluster usage.
    1. In the Overview panel, you can view the overall time, and capacity remaining status on all the clusters.
    2. In the All Clusters table, click the >> icon to view the detailed information for each cluster.
    3. To zoom in on a specific period, click and drag on the graph area. Click Reset Zoom for the default view.

What to do next

To optimize, plan, and scale hybrid cloud deployments, you can purchase VMware Aria Operations. To purchase a VMware Aria Operations subscription, you can use the Subscribe option. To explore VMware Aria Operations for a specific time period, you can use the Request Free Trial option. You can also contact a VMware sales representative or VMware partner.