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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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 menuaction_menu.pngthat is located next to the VM instances table title. You can sort columns in tables alphabetically, or by size. For more information, see Managing-charts-and-tables-in-Views.

VM Instances table: Description of columns

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: 


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.


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

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