Viewing the performance graphs for virtualization server and virtual machines
In the Management Server console, you can view the performance of virtualization servers and virtual machines in an interactive graph. You can review the performance for different durations - 6 hours, 24 hours, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year, or based on live data.
You can view the performance graphs for VMware and LDOM virtualization servers, and VMware virtual machines. You can view the performance graphs for LDOM and LPAR virtual machines only if the VRTSsfmh package is installed on them.
Table: Performance graphs for virtualization server and virtual machine lists the performance graphs for virtualization server and virtual machine.
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Table: Performance graphs for virtualization server and virtual machine
| Performance graph name | Description |
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| Available Memory | Displays the free memory (in GB) in the selected virtualization server and virtual machine and the trend for the specified duration. |
| CPU Utilization | Displays the CPU utilization (in percentage) on the selected virtualization server and virtual machine and the trend for the specified duration. |
| Swap in Rate | Displays the swap in rate (in KB per second) for the selected virtualization server and virtual machine and the trend for the specified duration. |
| Used Swap | Displays the swap (in GB) that is used by the selected virtualization server and virtual machine and the trend for the specified duration. |
You can view these performance graphs for the virtualization servers, for which your user group has at least Guest role explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization. You can also view the graphs if your user group has at least Guest role assigned on the Virtualization perspective.
To view the performance graphs for an ESX Server
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In the Management Server console, go to the Virtualization perspective and selectManage in the left pane.
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Expand the Organization or Uncategorized Servers to locate the virtualization server.
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Select the virtualization server, and click the Performance tab. To change the duration, use the drop-down list.
To view the performance graphs for a virtual machine
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In the Management Server console, go to the Virtualization perspective and selectManage in the left pane.
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Expand the Organization or Uncategorized Servers to locate the virtualization server.
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Expand the virtualization server, and expand Virtual Machines to locate the virtual machine.
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Select a virtual machine, and click the Performance tab. To change the duration, use the drop-down list.
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