VM Instances page in the GCP VM Instances view

An instance is a virtual machine that is used for running the applications in the Google Cloud environment. The VM Instances page in the GCP VM Instances view provides an overview of all available VM instances. You can also drill down into the VM instance to view capacity and decision support metrics at the instance level.

To access this page, in the Views tab, select Views > Cloud > GCP > VM Instances. By default, the VM Instances page is displayed.

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GCP Data Explorer view

Using filtering options in Views

VM Instances table

The VM Instances table lists the following information for each VM instance. By default, some columns are hidden. You can show or hide columns using the action menuthat is located next to the VM instances table title. You can sort columns in tables alphabetically, or by size. For more information, see Sorting a table in Views .

VM Instances table: Description of columns

Column	Description	Statistical Type	Metrics
Instance Name	Name of the google VM instance. Clicking on one of the VM instances in this column of the summary view takes you to the VM details view.	Last Value	NAME
Availability Zone	Name of the availability zone to which this VM instance belongs to.	Last Value	AVAILABILITY_ZONE
Type	The instance type specifies the required resources to run this VM instance.	Last Value	REQUESTED_INSTANCE_TYPE
CPU [cores]	Number of virtual CPUs that are configured for the VM instance.	Last Value	CPU_NUM
CPU Util [%]	Percentage of total CPU utilized by the VM instance.	95th percentile	CPU_UTIL
CPU Trend [%]	The daily growth rate of CPU utilization of the VM instance.	Trend	Computed using CPU_UTIL
CPU Days to Saturation	The projected amount of time before CPU runs out of available capacity. It displays a number of days to saturation. If the days to saturation value is 91 days or beyond, this field displays Not saturated. If the CPU is already saturated, it displays Saturated.	Computed by the Indicator Service using total capacity and 95th utilization of CPU.	IND_DAYS_TO_SATURATION[CPU]
Memory [GB]	Total physical memory capacity of the selected instance, measured in GB.	Last value	TOTAL_REAL_MEM
Memory Util [%]	Percentage of real physical memory utilized by the instance. This metric excludes the memory assigned to the file system cache and it is displayed only if the additional monitoring scripts are scheduled to run on the selected instance.	95th percentile	MEM_REAL_UTIL
Cache Memory Util [%]	Percentage of cache memory utilized by the instance. This metric is available only when additional monitoring scripts are scheduled to run on this instance.	95th percentile	MEM_UTIL_CACHED
Memory Trend [%]	Daily growth rate of memory utilization of the instance. This metric is displayed only if real memory utilization is available.	Trend	Computed using MEM_REAL_UTIL or MEM_UTIL
Memory Days to Saturation	The projected amount of time before the memory runs out of available capacity. This metric is displayed only if real memory utilization or memory utilization is available for a minimum of five days. It displays a number of days to saturation. If the days to saturation value is 91 days or beyond, this field displays Not saturated. If the memory is already saturated, it displays Saturated.	Computed by the Indicator Service using total capacity and 95th utilization Memory.	IND_DAYS_TO_SATURATION[MEMORY]
File System [GB]	Total size of the file systems configured in this VM.	Last value	TOTAL_FS_SIZE
File System Util [%]	Percentage of maximum value of utilization of all the file systems configured in this instance.	95th percentile	TOTAL_FS_UTIL
File System Trend [%]	The daily growth rate of the file system.	Trend	Computed using TOTAL_FS_UTIL
File System Days to Saturation	The projected amount of time before the file system runs out of available storage capacity. This metric is displayed only if file system utilization is available for a minimum of five days. It displays a number of days to saturation. If the days to saturation value is 91 days or beyond, this field displays Not saturated. If the memory is already saturated, it displays Saturated.	Computed by the Indicator Service using total capacity and 95th utilization of file system.	IND_DAYS_TO_SATURATION[STORAGE]
I/O Rate [MB/s]	95th percentile value of the disk input/output rate measured in megabytes per second.	95th percentile	DISK_TRANSFER_RATE
Network Rate [Mbit/s]	95th percentile value of the network input/output rate measured in megabits per second.	95th Percentile	NET_BIT_RATE

For more information on the Days to Saturation and other indicator parameters used for metric computations in this view, see Indicators.

Detailed information about a VM instance

After you click on the VM instance in the Instance Name column, the details for that instance are displayed in the VM Instance Details page. The VM Instance Details page displays the following information:

Section or Panel	Description
General details section	General details, such as VM instance name and type are displayed. The type is Virtual Machine - Google Cloud.
Related Information panel	Clicking the links in the Related Information panel displays the other information related to the selected instance. Disk Profile: Displays the Disk Profile tab of the data explorer view for this instance. Network Profile: Displays the Network Profile tab of the data explorer view for this instance. Virtual Node: Displays the server details for the selected instance. Thresholds: Clicking on the link cross-launches to the Capacity Optimization console and take you to the Thresholds page for the selected instance. For more information, see Configuring and managing thresholds for metrics and indicators.
Summary tab	The Summary tab, that is displayed by default, displays CPU, Memory, and Storage utilization details for the selected instance in a horizontal summary table, as well as charts. Core metrics for the selected entity are displayed as analysis charts, depending on available data. At the bottom of each chart is a link that takes you to the Data Explorer view for the specific resource type, and displays charts and information for a larger set of metrics. To return to this page, click the arrow icon on the top-right side in the Data Explorer tab. Important The data displayed in Data Explorer view charts for any resource part of this view category, is based on the time filter that is applied to the primary view in this tab. You can select Advanced time periods (other than default/basic) from the Data Explorer view for the selected resource, to view charts over a different time resolution.
Configuration Details tab	The Configuration Details tab displays the configuration matrix for the selected instance.
File Systems	The File Systems tab displays information for all file systems of the instance. For more information, see view_file_system.

File Systems of a VM instance

The File Systems tab in the VM Instance Details page displays the following information for all file systems of the selected instance.

Column	Description	Statistical Type	Metrics
File System	Name of the file system of this instance.	Last Value	SUBOBJNAME
File System Util [%]	Percentage of total file system utilization of a partition by the selected instance.	95th percentile	BYFS_USED_SPACE_PCT
File System Trend [%]	The daily growth rate of the file system.	Trend	Computed using BYFS_USED_SPACE_PCT trend
Days to Saturation	The projected amount of time before the file system runs out of available storage capacity. A number of days to saturation is reported here.	Computed by the Indicator Service using total capacity and 95th utilization of file system	Computed using BYFS_USED_SPACE_PCT trend

For more information on the Days to Saturation and other indicator parameters used for metric computations in this view, see Indicators.

An example of the VM Instance Details page

VM Instances page in the GCP VM Instances view

VM Instances table

Detailed information about a VM instance

File Systems of a VM instance

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