[ZBXNEXT-6301] Extend set of collected metrics for VM and HV Created: 2020 Oct 27  Updated: 2024 Apr 10  Resolved: 2022 Mar 30

Status: Closed
Project: ZABBIX FEATURE REQUESTS
Component/s: Proxy (P), Server (S), Templates (T)
Affects Version/s: 4.0.26, 5.0.5, 5.2.0
Fix Version/s: 5.2.5rc1, 5.4.0alpha2, 5.4 (plan)

Type: Change Request Priority: Medium
Reporter: Michael Veksler Assignee: Michael Veksler
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 4
Labels: None
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Environment:

vmware


Attachments: PNG File Selection_278.png     PNG File Selection_279.png     XML File vmware_vm_hv_templates.xml    
Issue Links:
Causes
causes ZBX-19114 VMWare Collectors hangling. No data f... Closed
Duplicate
is duplicated by ZBXNEXT-3610 VMware Host Multipath Closed
is duplicated by ZBXNEXT-2862 Add vmware.hv.datastore.instance key ... Closed
is duplicated by ZBXNEXT-2416 Add datastore inaccesible check to vm... Closed
Sub-Tasks:
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Summary
Type
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Assignee
ZBXNEXT-6302 Extend vmware templates with new metrics Specification change (Sub-task) Closed Tikhon Uskov  
Team: Team C
Sprint: Sprint 70 (Nov 2020), Sprint 71 (Dec 2020), Sprint 72 (Jan 2021), Sprint 73 (Feb 2021), Sprint 74 (Mar 2021)
Story Points: 3

 Description   

The practice of using VMWare templates has shown that it is necessary to add a group of metrics to cover the most common use cases.
Proposed metrics aligned with support:

  • HV
type perfCounter units key notes
cpu Usage[Average] % vmware.hv.cpu.usage.perf CPU usage as a percentage during the interval
cpu Utilization[Average] % vmware.hv.cpu.utilization CPU usage as a percentage during the interval depends on power management or HT
storage path Multipath count num vmware.hv.datastore.multipath Number of available DS paths
power powerCap[Average]  W vmware.hv.power Maximum allowed power usage 
power power[Average] W vmware.hv.power Current power usage

Add to vmware.hv.datastore.discovery:

 - {#MULTIPATH.COUNT}: registered number of DS paths 

 - {#MULTIPATH.PARTITION.COUNT}: number of available disk partition

  • VM
type perfCounter units key notes
network usage[Average] KBps vmware.vm.net.if.usage Network utilization (combined transmit-rates and receive-rates) during the interval
memory swapped[Average] KB vmware.vm.guest.memory.size.swapped Amount of guest physical memory that is swapped out to the swap space
memory consumed[Average] KB vmware.vm.memory.size.consumed Amount of host physical memory consumed for backing up guest physical memory pages
memory usage[Average] % vmware.vm.memory.usage Percentage of host physical memory that has been consumed
cpu latency[Average] % vmware.vm.cpu.latency Percent of time the virtual machine is unable to run because it is contending for access to the physical CPU(s)
cpu readiness[Average] % vmware.vm.cpu.readiness Percentage of time that the virtual machine was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU
cpu swapwait[Summation] % vmware.vm.cpu.swapwait CPU time spent waiting for swap-in
cpu usage[Average] % vmware.vm.cpu.usage.perf CPU usage as a percentage during the interval
system osUptime[Latest] s vmware.vm.guest.osuptime Total time elapsed, in seconds, since last operating system boot-up
virtualDisk readOIO[Latest] num vmware.vm.storage.readoio Average number of outstanding read requests to the virtual disk during the collection interval 
virtualDisk writeOIO[Latest] num vmware.vm.storage.writeoio Average number of outstanding write requests to the virtual disk during the collection interval
virtualDisk totalWriteLatency[Average] ms vmware.vm.storage.totalwritelatency The average time a write to the virtual disk takes
virtualDisk totalReadLatency[Average] ms vmware.vm.storage.totalreadlatency The average time a read from the virtual disk takes 


 Comments   
Comment by Aleksejs Sestakovs (Inactive) [ 2021 Feb 12 ]

Available in versions:

Updated documentation:

  • the list of metrics for 5.4 and 5.2
  • "What's new" for 5.2.5
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