监控VMware的监控项键值

监控VMware的监控项键值

This page provides details on the simple checks that can be used to monitor VMware environments. The metrics are grouped by the monitoring target.

General service metrics

Key
Description	Return value	Parameters	Comments
vmware.eventlog[<url>,<mode>]
VMware event log.	Log	url - VMware service URL mode - all (default), skip - skip processing of older data	There must be only one vmware.eventlog[] item key per URL. See also: example of filtering VMware event log records.
vmware.fullname[<url>]
VMware service full name.	String	url - VMware service URL
vmware.version[<url>]
VMware service version.	String	url - VMware service URL

Cluster

Key
Description	Return value	Parameters	Comments
vmware.cl.perfcounter[<url>,<id>,<path>,<instance>]
VMware cluster performance counter metrics.	Integer	url - VMware service URL id - VMware cluster ID path - performance counter path instance - performance counter instance	`id` can be received from vmware.cluster.discovery[] as {#CLUSTER.ID}
vmware.cluster.alarms.get[<url>,<id>]
VMware cluster alarms data.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL id - VMware cluster ID
vmware.cluster.discovery[<url>]
Discovery of VMware clusters.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL
vmware.cluster.property[<url>,<id>,<prop>]
VMware cluster property.	String	url - VMware service URL id - VMware cluster ID prop - property path
vmware.cluster.status[<url>, <name>]
VMware cluster status.	Integer: 0 - gray; 1 - green; 2 - yellow; 3 - red	url - VMware service URL name - VMware cluster name
vmware.cluster.tags.get[<url>,<id>]
VMware cluster tags array.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL id - VMware cluster ID

Datastore

Key
Description	Return value	Parameters	Comments
vmware.datastore.alarms.get[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware datastore alarms data.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware datastore name
vmware.datastore.property[<url>,<uuid>,<prop>]
VMware datastore property.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware datastore name prop - property path
vmware.datastore.tags.get[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware datastore tags array.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware datastore name
vmware.datastore.discovery[<url>]
Discovery of VMware datastores.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL
vmware.datastore.hv.list[<url>,<datastore>]
List of datastore hypervisors.	String	url - VMware service URL datastore - datastore name	Output example: `esx7-01-host.zabbix.sandbox` `esx7-02-host.zabbix.sandbox`
vmware.datastore.read[<url>,<datastore>,<mode>]
Amount of time for a read operation from the datastore (milliseconds).	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL datastore - datastore name mode - latency (average value, default), maxlatency (maximum value)
vmware.datastore.size[<url>,<datastore>,<mode>]
VMware datastore space in bytes or in percentage from total.	Integer - for bytes Float - for percentage	url - VMware service URL datastore - datastore name mode - possible values: total (default), free, pfree (free, percentage), uncommitted
vmware.datastore.write[<url>,<datastore>,<mode>]
Amount of time for a write operation to the datastore (milliseconds).	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL datastore - datastore name mode - latency (average value, default), maxlatency (maximum value)

Datacenter

Key
Description	Return value	Parameters	Comments
vmware.dc.alarms.get[<url>,<id>]
VMware datacenter alarms data.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL id - VMware datacenter ID
vmware.dc.discovery[<url>]
Discovery of VMware datacenters.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL
vmware.dc.tags.get[<url>,<id>]
VMware datacenter tags array.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL id - VMware datacenter ID

vSphere Distributed Switch

Key
Description	Return value	Parameters	Comments
vmware.dvswitch.discovery[<url>]
Discovery of VMware vSphere Distributed Switches.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL
vmware.dvswitch.fetchports.get[<url>,<uuid>,<filter>,<mode>]
VMware vSphere Distributed Switch ports data.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - ID of the switch filter - single string with comma-separated criteria for selecting ports mode - state (all XML without “config” XML nodes, default), full	Parameter filter supports the criteria available in the VMware data object DistributedVirtualSwitchPortCriteria Example: vmware.dvswitch.fetchports.get[{$VMWARE.URL},{$VMWARE.DVS.UUID},”active:true,connected:false,host:host-18,inside:true,nsxPort:true,uplinkPort:false”,state]

Hypervisor

Key
Description	Return value	Parameters	Comments
vmware.hv.alarms.get[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor alarms data.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.cluster.name[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor cluster name.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.connectionstate[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor connection state.	String: connected disconnected notResponding	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.cpu.usage[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor processor usage (Hz).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.cpu.usage.perf[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor processor usage as a percentage during the interval.	Float	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.cpu.utilization[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor processor usage as a percentage during the interval, depends on power management or HT.	Float	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.datacenter.name[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor datacenter name.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.datastore.discovery[<url>,<uuid>]
Discovery of VMware hypervisor datastores.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.datastore.list[<url>,<uuid>]
List of VMware hypervisor datastores.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name	Output example: `SSD-RAID1-VAULT1` `SSD-RAID1-VAULT2` `SSD-RAID10`
vmware.hv.datastore.multipath[<url>,<uuid>,<datastore>,<partitionid>]
Number of available datastore paths.	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name datastore - datastore name partitionid - internal ID of physical device from vmware.hv.datastore.discovery
vmware.hv.datastore.read[<url>,<uuid>,<datastore>,<mode>]
Average amount of time for a read operation from the datastore (milliseconds).	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name datastore - datastore name mode - latency (default)
vmware.hv.datastore.size[<url>,<uuid>,<datastore>,<mode>]
VMware datastore space in bytes or in percentage from total.	Integer - for bytes Float - for percentage	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name datastore - datastore name mode - possible values: total (default), free, pfree (free, percentage), uncommitted
vmware.hv.datastore.write[<url>,<uuid>,<datastore>,<mode>]
Average amount of time for a write operation to the datastore (milliseconds).	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name datastore - datastore name mode - latency (default)
vmware.hv.discovery[<url>]
Discovery of VMware hypervisors.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL
vmware.hv.fullname[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor name.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.hw.cpu.freq[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor processor frequency (Hz).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.hw.cpu.model[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor processor model.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.hw.cpu.num[<url>,<uuid>]
Number of processor cores on VMware hypervisor.	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.hw.cpu.threads[<url>,<uuid>]
Number of processor threads on VMware hypervisor.	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.hw.memory[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor total memory size (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.hw.model[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor model.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.hw.sensors.get[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor hardware sensors value.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.hw.serialnumber[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor serial number.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name	This item works with vSphere API 6.7 and newer.
vmware.hv.hw.uuid[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor BIOS UUID.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.hw.vendor[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor vendor name.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.maintenance[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor maintenance status.	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name	Returns ‘0’ - not in maintenance or ‘1’ - in maintenance
vmware.hv.memory.size.ballooned[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor ballooned memory size (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.memory.used[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor used memory size (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.net.if.discovery[<url>,<uuid>]
Discovery of VMware hypervisor network interfaces.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.network.in[<url>,<uuid>,<mode>]
VMware hypervisor network input statistics (bytes per second).	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name mode - bps (default), packets, dropped, errors, broadcast
vmware.hv.network.linkspeed[<url>,<uuid>,<ifname>]
VMware hypervisor network interface speed.	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name ifname - interface name	Returns 0, if network interface is down, otherwise speed value of the interface.
vmware.hv.network.out[<url>,<uuid>,<mode>]
VMware hypervisor network output statistics (bytes per second).	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name mode - bps (default), packets, dropped, errors, broadcast
vmware.hv.perfcounter[<url>,<uuid>,<path>,<instance>]
VMware hypervisor performance counter value.	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name path - performance counter path ¹ instance - performance counter instance. Use empty instance for aggregate values (default)
vmware.hv.property[<url>,<uuid>,<prop>]
VMware hypervisor property.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name prop - property path
vmware.hv.power[<url>,<uuid>,<max>]
VMware hypervisor power usage (W).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name max - maximum allowed power usage
vmware.hv.sensor.health.state[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor health state rollup sensor.	Integer: 0 - gray; 1 - green; 2 - yellow; 3 - red	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.sensors.get[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor HW vendor state sensors.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.status[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor status.	Integer: 0 - gray; 1 - green; 2 - yellow; 3 - red	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name	Uses the host system overall status property.
vmware.hv.tags.get[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor tags array.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.uptime[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor uptime (seconds).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.version[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware hypervisor version.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name
vmware.hv.vm.num[<url>,<uuid>]
Number of virtual machines on VMware hypervisor.	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware hypervisor host name

Resource pool

Key
Description	Return value	Parameters	Comments
vmware.rp.cpu.usage[<url>,<rpid>]
CPU usage in hertz during the interval on VMware Resource Pool.	Integer	url - VMware service URL rpid - VMware resource pool ID
vmware.rp.memory[<url>,<rpid>,<mode>]
Memory metrics of VMware resource pool.	Integer	url - VMware service URL rpid - VMware resource pool ID mode - possible values: consumed (default) - amount of host physical memory consumed for backing up guest physical memory pages ballooned - amount of guest physical memory reclaimed from the virtual machine by the balloon driver in the guest overhead - host physical memory consumed by ESXi data structures for running the virtual machines

Virtual center

Key
Description	Return value	Parameters	Comments
vmware.alarms.get[<url>]
VMware virtual center alarms data.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL

Virtual machine

Key
Description	Return value	Parameters	Comments
vmware.vm.alarms.get[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine alarms data.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine name
vmware.vm.attribute[<url>,<uuid>,<name>]
VMware virtual machine custom attribute value.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name name - custom attribute name
vmware.vm.cluster.name[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine name.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.consolidationneeded[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine disk requires consolidation.	String: true - consolidation is needed; false - consolidation is not needed.	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.cpu.latency[<url>,<uuid>]
Percentage of time the virtual machine is unable to run because it is contending for access to the physical CPU(s).	Float	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.cpu.num[<url>,<uuid>]
Number of processors on VMware virtual machine.	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.cpu.readiness[<url>,<uuid>,<instance>]
Percentage of time that the virtual machine was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU.	Float	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name instance - CPU instance
vmware.vm.cpu.ready[<url>,<uuid>]
Time (in milliseconds) that the virtual machine was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU. CPU ready time is dependent on the number of virtual machines on the host and their CPU loads (%).	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.cpu.swapwait[<url>,<uuid>,<instance>]
Percentage of CPU time spent waiting for swap-in.	Float	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name instance - CPU instance
vmware.vm.cpu.usage[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine processor usage (Hz).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.cpu.usage.perf[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine processor usage as a percentage during the interval.	Float	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.datacenter.name[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine datacenter name.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.discovery[<url>]
Discovery of VMware virtual machines.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL
vmware.vm.guest.memory.size.swapped[<url>,<uuid>]
Amount of guest physical memory that is swapped out to the swap space (KB).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.guest.osuptime[<url>,<uuid>]
Total time elapsed since the last operating system boot-up (in seconds).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.hv.name[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine hypervisor name.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.memory.size[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine total memory size (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.memory.size.ballooned[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine ballooned memory size (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.memory.size.compressed[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine compressed memory size (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.memory.size.consumed[<url>,<uuid>]
Amount of host physical memory consumed for backing up guest physical memory pages (KB).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.memory.size.private[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine private memory size (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.memory.size.shared[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine shared memory size (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.memory.size.swapped[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine swapped memory size (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.memory.size.usage.guest[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine guest memory usage (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.memory.size.usage.host[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine host memory usage (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.memory.usage[<url>,<uuid>]
Percentage of host physical memory that has been consumed.	Float	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.net.if.discovery[<url>,<uuid>]
Discovery of VMware virtual machine network interfaces.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.net.if.in[<url>,<uuid>,<instance>,<mode>]
VMware virtual machine network interface input statistics (bytes/packets per second).	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name instance - network interface instance mode - bps (default)/pps - bytes/packets per second
vmware.vm.net.if.out[<url>,<uuid>,<instance>,<mode>]
VMware virtual machine network interface output statistics (bytes/packets per second).	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name instance - network interface instance mode - bps (default)/pps - bytes/packets per second
vmware.vm.net.if.usage[<url>,<uuid>,<instance>]
VMware virtual machine network utilization (combined transmit-rates and receive-rates) during the interval (KBps).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name instance - network interface instance
vmware.vm.perfcounter[<url>,<uuid>,<path>,<instance>]
VMware virtual machine performance counter value.	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name path - performance counter path ¹ instance - performance counter instance. Use empty instance for aggregate values (default)
vmware.vm.powerstate[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine power state.	Integer: 0 - poweredOff; 1 - poweredOn; 2 - suspended	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.property[<url>,<uuid>,<prop>]
VMware virtual machine property.	String	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name prop - property path
vmware.vm.snapshot.get[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine snapshot state.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.state[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine state.	String: notRunning resetting running shuttingDown standby unknown	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.storage.committed[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine committed storage space (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.storage.readoio[<url>,<uuid>,<instance>]
Average number of outstanding read requests to the virtual disk during the collection interval.	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name instance - disk device instance (mandatory)
vmware.vm.storage.totalreadlatency[<url>,<uuid>,<instance>]
The average time a read from the virtual disk takes (milliseconds).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name instance - disk device instance (mandatory)
vmware.vm.storage.totalwritelatency[<url>,<uuid>,<instance>]
The average time a write to the virtual disk takes (milliseconds).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name instance - disk device instance (mandatory)
vmware.vm.storage.uncommitted[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine uncommitted storage space (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.storage.unshared[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine unshared storage space (bytes).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.storage.writeoio[<url>,<uuid>,<instance>]
Average number of outstanding write requests to the virtual disk during the collection interval.	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name instance - disk device instance (mandatory)
vmware.vm.tags.get[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine tags array.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.tools[<url>,<uuid>,<mode>]
VMware virtual machine guest tools state.	String: guestToolsExecutingScripts - VMware Tools is starting; guestToolsNotRunning - VMware Tools is not running; guestToolsRunning - VMware Tools is running.	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name mode - version, status
vmware.vm.uptime[<url>,<uuid>]
VMware virtual machine uptime (seconds).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.vfs.dev.discovery[<url>,<uuid>]
Discovery of VMware virtual machine disk devices.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name
vmware.vm.vfs.dev.read[<url>,<uuid>,<instance>,<mode>]
VMware virtual machine disk device read statistics (bytes/operations per second).	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name instance - disk device instance mode - bps (default)/ops - bytes/operations per second
vmware.vm.vfs.dev.write[<url>,<uuid>,<instance>,<mode>]
VMware virtual machine disk device write statistics (bytes/operations per second).	Integer ²	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name instance - disk device instance mode - bps (default)/ops - bytes/operations per second
vmware.vm.vfs.fs.discovery[<url>,<uuid>]
Discovery of VMware virtual machine file systems.	JSON object	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name	VMware Tools must be installed on the guest virtual machine.
vmware.vm.vfs.fs.size[<url>,<uuid>,<fsname>,<mode>]
VMware virtual machine file system statistics (bytes/percentages).	Integer	url - VMware service URL uuid - VMware virtual machine host name fsname - file system name mode - total/free/used/pfree/pused	VMware Tools must be installed on the guest virtual machine.