VMware plugin

This plugin monitors, visualizes, and alerts on your VMware virtual machines using the vSphere SDK.

Prerequisites

Meter 4.2.4 or later must be installed.

The VMware plugin 4.1 or later supports the following Operating Systems.

Python is required. We support versions 2.7.5 to 2.7.11 (2.7.12 will not work).

Add Python and Python scripts to PATH environment variable

From the Control Panel, double-click System, and select the Advanced tab.
Click Environment Variables.
In the Edit System Variable (or New System Variable) window, specify the value (installed Python directory and "scripts" directory) of the PATH environment variable.
For example, C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Python27\
Reopen Command prompt window, and check Python version.
c:\python --version

From the top right of the screen, perform one of the following actions:
- Click > Data Collection, select the TrueSight meter, and select the Sources tab.
- Click > Configure Sources.
Use the search box or scroll through the page to find the source system which has the TrueSight meter on which you want to install the plugin.
Click the name of the source to view source details.
Select the Plugins tab.
Use the search box or scroll through the page to find the plugin you want to install.
Click + Install to start the installation.
Refer to the following sections for the configuration details required to collect data and view the list of plugin metrics.

Field Name	Description
Host	The vCenter hostname
Port	The vCenter port
Username	The username required to connect to vCenter
Password	The password required to connect to vCenter
Poll Interval	How often (in milliseconds) to poll for metrics
Discovery Interval	How often (in milliseconds) to discover the virtual machines
Max Depth	Max depth to traverse vCenter to discover VMs
Max Sample Size	Maximum number of values to limit the amount of data to be collected
Application	Application name

Advanced configuration

To customize this plugin, see VMware plugin on GitHub.

Metric Name	Description
VMWARE_SYSTEM_CPU_USAGE_AVERAGE	CPU Average Utilization
VMWARE_SYSTEM_CPU_USAGE_MAXIMUM	CPU Usage Maximum
VMWARE_SYSTEM_MEMORY_ACTIVE_MAXIMUM	Memory Maximum Active
VMWARE_SYSTEM_MEMORY_CONSUMED_AVERAGE	Memory Consumed Average
VMWARE_SYSTEM_DISK_READ_AVERAGE	Disk Read Average
VMWARE_SYSTEM_DISK_WRITE_AVERAGE	Disk Write Average
VMWARE_SYSTEM_NETWORK_BYTES_TX_AVERAGE	Network Bytes Trasnferred Average
VMWARE_SYSTEM_NETWORK_BYTES_RX_AVERAGE	Network Bytes Received Average
VMWARE_SYSTEM_NETWORK_PACKETS_TX_SUM	Network Packets Transferred Sum
VMWARE_SYSTEM_NETWORK_PACKETS_RX_SUM	Network Packets Received Sum