Idle VMs page in the vSphere Virtual Machines view


The Idle VMs page in the vSphere Virtual Machines view displays the idle and powered off VMs. The information can help you to reclaim unused resources.

To access the page, in the Helix Capacity Optimization Dashboard navigation pane, click Capacity Views > Virtualization > vSphere > Virtual Machines, and in the vSphere Virtual Machines page, click the Idle VMs tab.

The Idle VMs table shows the top idle VMs based on the following criteria:

  • The VM is currently powered off, and has been powered off for at least two weeks.
  • The VM has been using less than 5% of its CPU for at least two weeks.

The page also shows how much CPU, memory, and storage have been configured and used over the last full month, and in the current month.

Idle and powered off VMs table

The Idle and powered off VMs table displays metric details for all VMs. Each row in the table corresponds to a VM and displays the following metrics:


To view details for a particular VM

To view the details page for a specific VM, click its (hyper-linked) name under the VM column. You can use the sorting and filtering options on the page to find a specific cluster. 

For more information, see Sorting-a-table-in-the-Helix-Capacity-Optimization-Dashboard and Using-filtering-options-in-the-Helix-Capacity-Optimization-Dashboard.

The VM details page displays information for the selected VM under the following sections or panels:

Section or Panel

Description

Summary page

A quick graphical summary of the CPU and memory utilization, and network bit rate and disk transfer rate for the VM. 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.

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 other time filter options to view charts over a different time resolution

For more information, see Virtual-Machine-page-in-the-vSphere-Data-Explorer-view.

Configuration Details page

Configuration information about the cluster.

Related Information panel

Links to detailed pages for thresholds.  

Recommendations panel

All available recommendations for the VM. For more information, see Recommendations-page-in-the-vSphere-Virtual-Machines-view.

Tags panel

List of tags that are associated with the VM. You can assign or remove tags by using the Edit Tags option from the Tags action menu.

 

 

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