Memory counters at higher levels
As covered earlier in the book, vCenter does not provide information at this level. vRealize Operations provides a set of counters at the vCenter level. There are, naturally, fewer counters for these higher-level objects, as we just need a summary.
Object |
Purpose |
Counters |
Roll up |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Data center |
Contention |
Contention (%) |
Average |
As it is an average, you should complement it with a super metric that is based on peak contention of a member cluster |
Data center |
Utilization |
Workload (%) |
Average |
For the lower threshold |
Data center |
Utilization |
Usage/Usable (%) |
Average |
For the upper threshold |
vCenter |
Contention |
Contention (%) |
Average |
As it is an average, you should complement it with a super metric that is based on peak contention of a member data center |
vCenter |
Utilization |
Workload (%) |
Average |
For the lower threshold |
vCenter |
Utilization |
Usage/Usable (%) |
Average |
For the upper threshold |
World |
Contention |
Contention (%) ... |