Entities, lookup information, and metrics for VMware - Cloud Director 9.x/10.x ETL

This topic provides information about the entities, lookup details, and mapping between the VMware - Cloud Director metrics and the BMC Helix Continuous Optimization metrics.

Entity list

The VMware - Cloud Director 9.x/10.x ETL collects the following types of entities:

VMware - Cloud Director Infrastructure

vCloud

Provider vDC
Org vDC

Resource Pool
Host
Datastore

VMware - Cloud Director Service

Organizations: Organization vDCs
Organization vDC: vApps
vApp: VMs

Lookup details

The vCD defines multiple lookup fields for coordinating with other connectors. The following table lists the sequence of field sets for strong lookup and weak lookup.

Entity type	Strong lookup fields	Weak lookup fields
vCloud	HOSTNAME	NAME
Provider vDC	GUID	NAME
Org vDC	GUID	NAME
Resource Pool	GUID PARENT_VCUUID&&VMWVMREF PARENT_VCNAME&&VMWVMREF	PARENT_VCNAME&&NAME
Host	GUID HOSTNAME PARENT_VCUUID&&VMWVMREF PARENT_VCNAME&&VMWVMREF	NAME
Datastore	GUID PARENT_VCUUID&&VMWVMREF PARENT_VCNAME&&VMWVMREF	NAME

Metric mapping

The following BMC Helix Continuous Optimization metrics are populated by the VMware - Cloud Director 9.x/10.x ETL.

Entity	metric	Metric type	Dataset	Description	vCloud Metric
vCloud	VCLOUD_NAME	Configuration	SYSVMW	Name of the vCloud system	-
	CPU_ALLOCATION	Time Series	SYSVIRGLB	Number of Units that have been allocated to all orgvDCs in the vCloud.	-
	CPU_TOTAL_MHZ	Configuration	SYSCNF	Total CPU available for vCloud.	-
	CPU_UTILMHZ	Time Series	SYSGLB	Sum of CPU used by all child Provider vDCs	-
	CPU_UTIL	Time Series	SYSGLB	Percentage (%) utilization, ratio of CPU_UTILMHZ / CPU_TOTAL_MHZ.	-
	MEM_ALLOCATION	Time Series	SYSVIRGLB	Number of units that have been allocated to consumers that is all orgvDCs in the vCloud.	-
	TOTAL_REAL_MEM	Configuration	SYSCNF	Total memory available for PvDC	-
	MEM_USED	Time Series	SYSGLB	Sum of memory used by all child Org vDCs.	-
	MEM_UTIL	Time Series	SYSGLB	Percentage (%) utilization, ratio of MEM_USED/TOTAL_REAL_MEM.	-
	DSTORE_ALLOCATION	Time Series	SYSVIRGLB	Number of Units that have been allocated to consumers that is all orgvDCs in the vCloud.	-
	TOTAL_DSTORE_SIZE	Configuration	SYSVIRDS	Total storage available for vCloud.	-
	TOTAL_DSTORE_USED	Time Series	SYSVIRDS	Storage used	-
	TOTAL_DSTORE_UTIL	Time Series	SYSVIRDS	Percentage (%) utilization, ratio of TOTAL_DSTORE_USED / TOTAL_DSTORE_SIZE. TOTAL_DSTORE_UTIL metric is not imported if the DSTORE_LIMIT metric is set to unlimited.	-
Provider vDC	VCLOUD_NAME	Configuration	SYSVMW	Name of the vCloud system.	-
	PROVIDERVDC_NAME	Configuration	SYSVMW	Name of the Provider vDC.	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.name
	CPU_ALLOCATION	Time Series	SYSVIRGLB	Number of Units that have been allocated to all orgVDCs under Provider vDC.	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.cpuAllocationMhz
	CPU_TOTAL_MHZ	Configuration	SYSCNF	Total CPU available for PvDC.	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.cpuLimitMhz
	CPU_UTILMHZ	Time Series	SYSGLB	Sum of CPU reserved by all child Org vDCs.	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.cpuUsedMhz
	CPU_UTIL	Time Series	SYSGLB	Percentage (%) utilization, ratio of CPU_UTILMHZ / CPU_TOTAL_MHZ.	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.cpuUsedMhz / QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.cpuLimitMhz) * 100
	MEM_ALLOCATION	Time Series	SYSVIRGLB	Number of Units that have been allocated to all orgVDCs under Provider vDC.	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.memoryAllocationMB
	TOTAL_REAL_MEM	Configuration	SYSCNF	Total memory available for PvDC.	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.memoryLimitMB
	MEM_USED	Time Series	SYSGLB	Sum of memory reserved by all child Org vDCs.	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.memoryUsedMB
	MEM_UTIL	Time Series	SYSGLB	Percentage (%) utilization, ratio of MEM_USED/TOTAL_REAL_MEM.	(QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.memoryUsedMB/ QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.memoryLimitMB) * 100
	DSTORE_ALLOCATION	Time Series	SYSVIRGLB	Number of units that have been allocated to consumers that is all orgvDCs under Provider vDC.	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.storageAllocationMB
	TOTAL_DSTORE_SIZE	Configuration	SYSVIRDS	Total storage available for PvDC.	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.storageLimitMB
	TOTAL_DSTORE_USED	Time Series	SYSVIRDS	Storage Used	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.storageUsedMB
	TOTAL_DSTORE_UTIL	Time Series	SYSVIRDS	Percentage (%) utilization, ratio of TOTAL_DSTORE_USED / TOTAL_DSTORE_SIZE. TOTAL_DSTORE_UTIL metric is not imported if the DSTORE_LIMIT metric is set to unlimited.	(QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.storageUsedMB/ QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.storageLimitMB) * 100
	VDC_STATUS	Configuration	SYSVMW	Status of vCloud Virtual Datacenter	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.isEnabled
Org vDC	VCLOUD_NAME	Configuration	SYSVMW	Name of the vCloud system	-
	PROVIDERVDC_NAME	Configuration	SYSVMW	Name of the Provider vDC	QueryResultVMWProviderVdcRecordType.name
	ORGVDC_NAME	Configuration	SYSVMW	Organization vDC Name	QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType .name
	CPU_LIMIT_MHZ	Configuration	SYSVIRGLB	Maximum amount of CPU available to the virtual machines running within this organization vDC (taken from the supporting provider vDC). Applicable in case of Allocation Pool / Reservation Pool. For Pay-As-You-Go this value is always unlimited (Pay-As-You-Go=-1).	QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.cpuLimitMhz
	CPU_RESERVED_MHZ	Configuration	SYSVIRGLB	Guaranteed Number of Units that have been allocated to org vDC. This is allocation multiplied by the Resource Guaranteed CPU.	QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.cpuAllocationMhz * AdminVdcType.ResourceGuaranteedCpu
	CPU_UTILMHZ	Time Series	SYSGLB	CPU Used	QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.cpuUsedMhz
	CPU_UTIL	Time Series	SYSGLB	Percentage (%) utilization, ratio of CPU_UTILMHZ / CPU_LIMIT_MHZ This metric is not available for Pay-As-You-Go since the CPU limit is not available.	(QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.cpuUsedMhz/ QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.cpuLimitMhz) * 100
	MEM_LIMIT	Configuration	SYSVIRGLB	Maximum amount of memory available to the virtual machines running within this organization vDC (taken from the supporting provider vDC). Applicable in case of Allocation Pool / Reservation Pool. For Pay-As-You-Go this value is always unlimited.	QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.memoryLimitMB
	MEM_RESERVED	Configuration	SYSVIRGLB	Guaranteed Number of Units that have been allocated to org vDC. This is allocation multiplied by the Resource Guaranteed memory.	QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.memoryAllocationMB AdminVdcType.ResourceGuaranteedMemory*
	MEM_USED	Time Series	SYSGLB	Memory Used	QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.memoryUsedMB
	MEM_UTIL	Time Series	SYSGLB	Percentage (%) utilization, ratio of MEM_USED/MEM_LIMIT. This metric is not available for Pay-As-You-Go since the MEM limit is not available.	(QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.memoryUsedMB / QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.memoryLimitMB) 100*
	DSTORE_LIMIT	Configuration	SYSVIRDS	The maximum amount of Storage available to the virtual machines running within this organization vDC (taken from the supporting provider vDC). DSTORE_LIMIT for Org vDC is allowed to be unlimited only for vCD 10.x for all allocation models.	QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.storageLimitMB
	TOTAL_DSTORE_SIZE	Configuration	SYSVIRDS	Maximum amount of storage available to the virtual machines running within this organization vDC (taken from the supporting provider vDC).	QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.storageLimitMB
	TOTAL_DSTORE_USED	Time Series	SYSVIRDS	Amount of storage used by vAPPs, VMs, templates, media files under this Org vDC.	QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.storageUsedMB
	TOTAL_DSTORE_UTIL	Time Series	SYSVIRDS	Percentage (%) utilization, ratio of TOTAL_DSTORE_USED / TOTAL_DSTORE_SIZE TOTAL_DSTORE_UTIL metric is not imported if the DSTORE_LIMIT metric is set to unlimited.	(QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.storageUsedMB / QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.storageLimitMB) 100*
	ALLOCATION_MODEL	Configuration	SYSVMW	Allocation model used by this vDC. One of: AllocationVApp : Pay as you go. Resources are committed to a vDC only when vAPPs are created in it. AllocationPool: Only a percentage of the resources you allocate are committed to the organization vDC. ReservationPool: All the resources you allocate are committed as a pool to the organization vDC.	AdminVdcType.AllocationModel
	CPU_COMPUTED_LIMIT_OPT	Configuration	SYSVIRGLB	Maximum optimistic amount of CPU the virtual machines running within this organization vDC can avail. Applicable only for Pay-As-You-Go model. Calculated by summing up the CPU used by Org vDC and the capacity free at PvDC level.	-
	MEM_COMPUTED_LIMIT_OPT	Configuration	SYSVIRGLB	Maximum optimistic amount of memory the virtual machines running within this organization vDC can avail. Applicable only for Pay-As-You-Go model. Calculated by summing up the memory used by Org vDC and the capacity free at PvDC level.	-
	DSTORE_COMPUTED_LIMIT_OPT	Configuration	SYSVIRDS	Maximum optimistic amount of storage the virtual machines running within this organization vDC can avail. Applicable only for Pay-As-You-Go model. Calculated by summing up the storage used by Org vDC and the capacity free at PvDC level.	-
	VDC_STATUS	Configuration	SYSVMW	Status of vCloud Virtual Datacenter	QueryResultAdminVdcRecordType.isEnabled

vCloud Aggregation Hierarchy Rule metrics

The following BMC Helix Continuous Optimization metrics are populated by the vCloud Aggregation Hierarchy Rule:

Note

For vCloud Capacity Visibility, the aggregation hierarchy rule executes automatically from the hierarchy manager task.