Virtualization Metrics
Nutanix VM
Performance Metrics of a Nutanix VM Monitor
Gain a deep understanding of various metrics that affect the performance and health of your Nutanix virtual machines (VMs) with information on their storage containers, virtual disks, and virtual network interface controllers (NICs) to identify and troubleshoot issues. Simply add add an On-Premise Poller, a VM to monitor , and get started.
With Nutanix VM monitoring, you can:
View individual component-wise performance from different tabs.
Summary :Storage Containers :Virtual Disks :Virtual NICs :Summary
Metrics Description
Storage Summary
Overview of storage space
Memory Summary
Overview of memory usage
Disk Usage Split-up
Split-up of disk use across SSD, DAS-SATA, and cloud
Hardware Summary
Number of vCPUs, network adapters, containers, and virtual disks
CPU Usage (%)
Percentage of the total CPU cycles currently in use by the VM reported by the hypervisor
CPU Ready Time (%)
Percentage of time a virtual machine waits to use the physical CPU out of the total CPU time allotted to the VM
Memory Usage (%)
Percentage of memory used by the VM out of the total configured memory reported by the hypervisor
Nutanix VM Configuration
Details like VM name, type, IP address, UUID, guest OS, power state, host name, type of hypervisor, protection domain name, etc.
Nutanix VM Settings
Shows if the specifications like controller VM, Acropolis VM, running on NDFS, guest tools mounted, tool mounted, etc. are true or false
Disk/Physical Usage (GiB and %)
The amount of physical storage space used currently in the VM
Storage Containers
Metrics Description
Max Capacity (GiB)
Total amount of storage capacity available to the storage container
Used Space (GiB)
The amount of used storage space in the storage container
Physical Free Space (GiB)
The amount of free storage space available to the storage container
Controller IOPS (count/sec)
I/O operations per second (IOPS) for the storage container
Controller I/O Bandwidth (MB/sec)
I/O bandwidth used per second for physical disk requests in the storage container
Controller I/O Latency (ms)
The average I/O latency for physical disk requests in the storage container
Top Containers by Used Space (GiB)
Top containers based on the storage space used
Top Containers by Free Space (GiB)
Top containers based on free space available
Data Transferred from the Storage Controller (MB/sec)
Data transferred per second from storage controller to the VM
I/O Latency of the Storage Controller (millisecs)
I/O latency in milliseconds from the storage controller
Virtual Disks
Metrics Description
Flash Mode
Indicates whether the flash mode feature is enabled or not for the VM
Capacity (MiB)
The total disk capacity available to this VM
Controller I/O Bandwidth (MB/sec)
I/O bandwidth used per second for this VM
Controller I/O Latency (ms)
The average I/O latency for this VM
Controller IOPS (count/sec)
Rate of the VM reads and writes in IOPS reported by the controller
Controller Read IOPS (%)
Rate of the VM reads in IOPS reported by the controller
Controller Write IOPS (%)
Rate of the VM writes in IOPS reported by the controller
Top Virtual Disks by I/O Operations (count/sec)
Top virtual disks based on the I/O operations per second
Data Transferred from the Storage Controller (MB/sec)
Data transferred per second from storage controller to the VM
I/O Latency of the Storage Controller (millisecs)
I/O latency in milliseconds from the storage controller
Virtual NICs
Metrics Description
Virtual NIC
The virtual NIC identification number
Port name
Port name through which the VM communicates
Adapter type
The adaptor type defined for the virtual NIC
MAC address
The virtual NIC MAC address
VLAN ID
The virtual NIC VLAN ID
Rx Rate (KB/sec)
Rate at which data is transmitted
Tx Rate (KB/sec)
Rate at which data is received
Rx Packets
Number of packets received
Tx Packets
Number of packets transferred
Rx Packets Dropped
Number of the network received packets dropped
Tx Packets Dropped
Number of the network transmitted packets dropped
Error Rx Packets
The number of received packets with an error
Error Tx Packets
The number of transmitted packets with an error
Top Virtual NICs by Packets Received
The top virtual NICs based on the number of packets received
Top Virtual NICs by Packets Transmitted
The top virtual NICs based on the number of packets transmitted
Rx Rate of Virtual NICs (KB/sec)
The rate at which virtual NICs receive data
Tx Rate of Virtual NICs (KB/sec)
The rate at which virtual NICs transmit data
Rx Packets Dropped by Virtual NICs
The number of received packets dropped by the virtual NIC
Tx Packets Dropped by Virtual NICs
The number of transmitted packets dropped by the virtual NIC
Error Packets Received by Virtual NICs
The number of packets virtual NICs received with an error
Error Packets Transmitted by Virtual NICs
The number of packets virtual NICs transmitted with an error
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